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Edward I.

Solomon
Edward I. Solomon (born 1946) is the Monroe E.
Spaght Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Edward I. Solomon
He is an elected member of the United States National Born Edward Ira Solomon
Academy of Sciences,[1] a Fellow of the American 1946 (age 78–79)
Association for the Advancement of Science, and a North Miami Beach, Florida
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Nationality American
Sciences.[2][3] He has been profiled in the Proceedings Alma mater Rensselaer Polytechnic
of the National Academy of Sciences.[4] He has been a Institute B.S. (1968)
longtime collaborator with many scientists, including Princeton University Ph.D.
his colleague at Stanford University Keith Hodgson for (1972)
the study of metalloenzyme active sites by x-ray
Spouse Darlene Solomon
spectroscopy, along with the synthetic chemists
Richard H. Holm, Stephen J. Lippard, Lawrence Que Scientific career
Jr. and Kenneth D. Karlin. Fields Bioinorganic Chemistry,
Spectroscopy, Theoretical
Chemistry
Early life and education Institutions Stanford University
Thesis The Jahn-Teller Effect in the
Solomon grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida. In
Orbital Triplet Excited States
his junior year of high school, he became involved in a
of Octahedral
local program that allowed exceptional students to
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work with university professors. Solomon conducted
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research with a professor at the University of Miami,
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using biochemistry and chromatography to study
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indoles, which led to him becoming Florida's first-ever
finalist for the Westinghouse Science Talent Search in Doctoral Donald S. McClure
1964.[5] advisor
Other academic Carl J. Ballhausen, Harry B.
He then studied chemistry at Renesselaer Polytechnic advisors Gray
Institute, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1968.
Doctoral Serena DeBeer, Darlene
During his undergraduate, he worked with Prof. Sam students Joy Spira, Andrew Gewirth,
Wait and Prof. Henry Hollinger in theoretical Peng Chen, Daniel
chemistry.[5] Solomon went on to Princeton University Gamelin, Abhishek Dey
to conduct graduate studies with physical chemist Prof.
Other notable Frank Neese, Thomas
Donald McClure, where he studied the Jahn–Teller
students Brunold, James Penner-
effect in the excited states of Mn2+ ions in
Hahn
RbMnF3.[6][7] Shortly after Solomon received his
Website web.stanford.edu/group
Ph.D. in chemistry in 1972, his advisor McClure went
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on sabbatical and asked Solomon to stay and help
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oversee his research group. At this time, McClure and
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Prof. Thomas G. Spiro hosted a symposium that hosted
many leaders in physical inorganic chemistry. It was at this symposium that Solomon decided he wanted
to work with Prof. Harry B. Gray during his post-doctoral studies.

Solomon spent a year in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Hans Christian Ørsted Institute to work as a
postdoctoral fellow under Prof. Carl J. Ballhausen.[8] He then moved to Caltech with to do postdoctoral
research with Prof. Harry B. Gray from 1974 to 1975.[2]

Research
Solomon began his independent career in late 1975 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an
assistant professor, where he continued to study blue copper proteins.[5] In 1981, he was promoted to the
rank of full professor, and in 1982 he moved to Stanford University.[2] At this point, bioinorganic
chemistry became the dominant focus of his laboratory.

Solomon's research focuses on the spectroscopic study of metal-containing enzymes involved in electron
transfers and oxygen activation, and small molecules mimicking the active sites of these enzymes. These
include copper-containing enzymes such as azurin, plastocyanin and laccase,[9] as well as non-heme iron
enzymes such as (4-hydroxy)mandelate synthase and (4-hydroxyphenyl)pyruvate dioxygenase. He is an
expert in magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy.[4]

Research highlights
Elucidation of the tyrosinase dicopper active site mechanism[10]
Demonstration that a trinuclear copper active site exists in the laccase enzyme[11]
Demonstration of the entatic state of the blue copper protein
Development of Variable Temperature, Variable Field (VTVH) magnetic circular dichroism
(MCD) spectroscopy to study non-heme iron enzyme active sites
Development of metal L-edge, ligand K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant
inelastic x-ray scattering to investigate metal-ligand covalency.[12]

Awards
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1976–79
Dupont and General Electric Young Faculty Awards, 1979–80
JSPS Fellow (1995, 2002, 2009)
NIH MERIT Award (1995 & 2002)
Remsen Award (1994)
Wheland Medal, University of Chicago (2000)
Frontiers in Biological Chemistry Award, Max-Planck Institute (2001)
Bailar Medal, University of Illinois (2007)
Thomas Chemistry Scholar (2007)
Ira Remsen Award
Kosolapoff Award

Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University (1990)[2]


ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry (2001)[2]
Centenary Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry (2003)[2]
ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry (2006)[2]
Chakravorty Award & Lecturership, Chemical Research Society of India (2008)[2]
Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society
(2016)[13]
Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry, Northwestern
University (2018)[14]

Associate editor, Inorganic Chemistry


Editorial Advisory Board Member for 14 journals [15]
McElvain (1983), World Bank (1984), O. K. Rice (1984), Reilly (1986), Frontiers (1990), 1st
Seaborg (1990), Frontiers in Chemistry (1991), ACS (1992), National Science Council
(1993), Xerox (1994), Leermakers (1994), Amoco (1995), Kahn (1996), Golden Jubilee
(1996), Karcher (1997), FMC (1998), Colloquium 3eme Cycle (1998), A.D. Little (1998),
Aldrich (2001), Hill Memorial (2003), Cady (2003), Kieler Woche (2003), Crawford (2004),
Walton (2005), Endicott/Rorabacker Frontier (2006), Dawson (2007), Frontiers (2007),
Procter & Gamble (2008), Andreas Albrecht (2009), Hans B. Jonassen (2009), Harteck
(2009), Sunney Chan (2009) Faraday (2010), Vaughan (2011), Hans Freeman (2012), Ross
(2013), Ibers (2024) Lectures

Professional memberships
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1981)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)[1][4]
Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)

References
1. "National Academy of Sciences Member Directory - Edward I. Solomon" (http://www.nasonli
ne.org/member-directory/members/20009981.html). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/2
0190324140113/http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20009981.html) from
the original on 2019-03-24.
2. "Edward I. Solomon | Department of Chemistry" (https://chemistry.stanford.edu/people/edwa
rd-i-solomon). chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
3. "American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Edward Ira Solomon" (https://www.amacad.org/p
erson/edward-ira-solomon). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20210610231136/https://
www.amacad.org/person/edward-ira-solomon) from the original on 2021-06-10.
4. Zagorski, N. (2006). "Profile of Edward I. Solomon" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article
s/PMC1559735). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (35): 12963–
12965. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10312963Z (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PNAS..103
12963Z). doi:10.1073/pnas.0606007103 (https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.0606007103).
PMC 1559735 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559735). PMID 16924096
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16924096).
5. Zagorski, Nick (2006-08-29). "Profile of Edward I. Solomon" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p
mc/articles/PMC1559735). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (35):
12963–12965. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10312963Z (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PN
AS..10312963Z). doi:10.1073/pnas.0606007103 (https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.0606007
103). ISSN 0027-8424 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-8424). PMC 1559735 (https://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559735). PMID 16924096 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nl
m.nih.gov/16924096).
6. Solomon, Edward I.; McClure, Donald S. (1972-09-01). "Jahn-Teller Effect in the $^{4}T_{1g}
(I)$ State of ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{++}$ in RbMn${\mathrm{F}}_{3}$. II" (https://link.aps.org/doi/1
0.1103/PhysRevB.6.1697). Physical Review B. 6 (5): 1697–1708.
doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.6.1697 (https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevB.6.1697).
7. Solomon, Edward I.; McClure, Donald S. (1974-06-01). "Comparison of the Jahn-Teller
effect in four triply degenerate states of ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{++}$ in RbMn${\mathrm{F}}_{3}$"
(https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.9.4690). Physical Review B. 9 (11): 4690–4718.
doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.9.4690 (https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevB.9.4690).
8. Solomon, Edward I.; Ballhausen, C. J. (1975-01-01). "Identification of the structure of the
3T1g (I) ← 3A2g band in the Ni(H2O)6 ++ complex" (https://doi.org/10.1080/002689775001
00191). Molecular Physics. 29 (1): 279–299. doi:10.1080/00268977500100191 (https://doi.o
rg/10.1080%2F00268977500100191). ISSN 0026-8976 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/00
26-8976).
9. Allendorf, M D; Spira, D J; Solomon, E I (1985). "Low-temperature magnetic circular
dichroism studies of native laccase: spectroscopic evidence for exogenous ligand bridging
at a trinuclear copper active site" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC397714).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 82 (10):
3063–3067. Bibcode:1985PNAS...82.3063A (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985PNA
S...82.3063A). doi:10.1073/pnas.82.10.3063 (https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.82.10.3063).
ISSN 0027-8424 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-8424). PMC 397714 (https://www.nc
bi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC397714). PMID 2987909 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2
987909).
10. Wilcox, Dean E.; Porras, Arturo G.; Hwang, Yeong T.; Lerch, Konrad; Winkler, Marjorie E.;
Solomon, Edward I. (1985). "Substrate analog binding to the coupled binuclear copper
active site in tyrosinase" (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja00299a043). Journal of the
American Chemical Society. 107 (13): 4015–4027. doi:10.1021/ja00299a043 (https://doi.or
g/10.1021%2Fja00299a043). ISSN 0002-7863 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0002-7863).
11. Allendorf, M. D.; Spira, D. J.; Solomon, E. I. (1985-05-01). "Low-temperature magnetic
circular dichroism studies of native laccase: spectroscopic evidence for exogenous ligand
bridging at a trinuclear copper active site" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC39
7714). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82 (10): 3063–3067.
Bibcode:1985PNAS...82.3063A (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985PNAS...82.3063A).
doi:10.1073/pnas.82.10.3063 (https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.82.10.3063). ISSN 0027-
8424 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-8424). PMC 397714 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g
ov/pmc/articles/PMC397714). PMID 2987909 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2987909).
12. Glaser, Thorsten; Hedman, Britt; Hodgson, Keith O.; Solomon, Edward I. (2000-12-01).
"Ligand K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: A Direct Probe of Ligand−Metal Covalency"
(https://doi.org/10.1021/ar990125c). Accounts of Chemical Research. 33 (12): 859–868.
doi:10.1021/ar990125c (https://doi.org/10.1021%2Far990125c). ISSN 0001-4842 (https://se
arch.worldcat.org/issn/0001-4842). PMID 11123885 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11123
885).
13. Wang, Linda. "Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry: Edward I.
Solomon | Chemical & Engineering News" (http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i1/Alfred-Bader-Aw
ard-Bioinorganic-Bioorganic.html?type=paidArticleContent). cen.acs.org. Retrieved
2016-10-09.
14. "Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry: Department of
Chemistry - Northwestern University" (https://chemistry.northwestern.edu/about/events/baso
lo.html).
15. "Faculty | Department of Chemistry" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150511074417/http://ch
emistry.stanford.edu/faculty/edward-solomon). Archived from the original (http://chemistry.st
anford.edu/faculty/edward-solomon) on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

External links
Interview for Voices of Inorganic Chemistry, 2011 (YouTube link (https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=tyqGm1-aERc))

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