I received my BS from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and did my PhD in Inorganic Chemistry with Joe Hupp at Northwestern, focusing on photophysical characterization of porphyrin systems. I did postdocs with George McClendon at Duke University and Karin Musier-Forsyth at Minnesota before starting at Macalester in 2007. My research interests are in bioinorganic chemistry, with one area focusing on the impact of copper on zinc binding sites and a newer area on developing artificial metalloenzymes.
Email: splank@macalester.edu