Claudia Turro

Claudia Turro is an American inorganic chemist who is the Dow Professor of Chemistry at The Ohio State University (OSU). Since July 2019 she has been the Chair of the OSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. She was elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences (2024).

Education Claudia Turro earned her B.S. with Honors from Michigan State University in 1987. She completed her Ph.D. in 1992 at the same institution, where she collaborated with Daniel G. Nocera and George E. Leroi. Following this, she was awarded a Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, which allowed her to conduct postdoctoral research at Columbia University with Nicholas J. Turro (no relation) from 1992 to 1995.

Research and career Turro joined the faculty of The Ohio State University in 1996. 1999 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigators Award 2010 Elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society 2014 Award in Photochemistry from the Inter-American Photochemical Society 2016 Recipient of Edward W. Morley Medal from the Cleveland section of the ACS 2023 Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2026 Named University Distinguished professor at The Ohio State University

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