Prof. Dr. Stephen P. Cramer
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Stephen P. Cramer is Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Davis. 
As an Einstein Visiting Fellow Cramer conducts his research at the Einstein Center for Catalysis and the Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis“ (UniCat).
In UniCat, he has joined the UniCat working group of Professor Peter Hildebrandt.
Relevant News
			Tuesday, 19. July 2016 
						 
              
			 
		
	
New Einstein Visiting Fellow
			 Professor Stephen P. Cramer from the University of California, Davis will join the UniCat research group of Professor Peter Hildebrandt as Einstein Visiting Fellow.
UniCat publications
| 2303  Terminal Hydride Species in [FeFe]-Hydrogenases Are Vibrationally Coupled to the Active Site Environment  C. C. Pham, D. W. Mulder, V. Pelmenschikov, P. W. King, M. W. Ratzloff, H. Wang, N. Mishra, E. E. Alp, J. Zhao, M. Y. Hu, K. Tamasaku, Y. Yoda, S. P. Cramer Angewandte Chemie International Edition     2018, 57,  10605–10609, 10.1002/anie.201805144  | 
| 2301  High-Frequency Fe-H Vibrations in a Bridging Hydride Complex Characterized by NRVS and DFT  V. Pelmenschikov, L. B. Gee, H. Wang, K. C. MacLeod, S. F. McWilliams, K. L. Skubi, S. P. Cramer, P. L. Holland Angewandte Chemie International Edition     2018, 57,  9367–9371, 10.1002/anie.201804601  | 
| 2229  Enzymatic and spectroscopic properties of a thermostable [NiFe]‑hydrogenase performing H2-driven NAD+ reduction in the presence of O2  J. Preissler, S. Wahlefeld, C. Lorent, C. Teutloff, M. Horch, L. Lauterbach, S. P. Cramer, I. Zebger, O. Lenz Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics     2018, 1859,  8–18, 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.09.006  | 
| 2172  Sterically Stabilized Terminal Hydride of a Diiron Dithiolate  M. R. Carlson, D. L. Gray, C. P. Richers, W. Wang, P. H. Zhao, T. B. Rauchfuss, V. Pelmenschikov, C. C. Pham, L. B. Gee, H. Wang, S. P. Cramer Inorganic Chemistry     2018, 57,  1988–2001, 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02903  | 
| 2146  Reaction Coordinate Leading to H2 Production in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Identified by Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory  V. Pelmenschikov, J. A. Birrell, C. C. Pham, N. Mishra, H. Wang, C. Sommer, E. Reijerse, C. P. Richers, K. Tamasaku, Y. Yoda, T. B. Rauchfuss, W. Lubitz, S. P. Cramer Journal of the American Chemical Society     2017,   10.1021/jacs.7b09751  | 
| 2119  Direct Observation of an Iron-Bound Terminal Hydride in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase by Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy  E. J. Reijerse, C. C. Pham, V. Pelmenschikov, R. Gilbert-Wilson, A. Adamska-Venkatesh, J. F. Siebel, L. B. Gee, Y. Yoda, K. Tamasaku, W. Lubitz, T. B. Rauchfuss, S. P. Cramer Journal of the American Chemical Society     2017, 139,  4306–4309, 10.1021/jacs.7b00686  | 
| 2016  Synchrotron-based Nickel Mössbauer Spectroscopy  L. B. Gee, C. Y. Lin, F. E. Jenney, M. W. W. Adams, Y. Yoda, R. Masuda, M. Saito, Y. Kobayashi, K. Tamasaku, M. Lerche, M. Seto, C. G. Riordan, A. Ploskonka, P. P. Power, S. P. Cramer, L. Lauterbach Inorganic Chemistry     2016, 55,  6866–6872, 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b03004  | 
| 1926  Characterization of [4Fe-4S] Cluster Vibrations and Structure in Nitrogenase Fe Protein at Three Oxidation Levels via Combined NRVS, EXAFS, and DFT Analyses  D. Mitra, S. J. George, Y. Guo, S. Kamali, S. Keable, J. W. Peters, V. Pelmenschikov, D. A. Case, S. P. Cramer Journal of the American Chemical Society     2013, 135,  2530–2543, 10.1021/ja307027n  | 
| 1924  Low frequency dynamics of the nitrogenase MoFe protein via femtosecond pump probe spectroscopy — Observation of a candidate promoting vibration  M. Maiuri, I. Delfino, G. Cerullo, C. Manzoni, V. Pelmenschikov, Y. Guo, H. Wang, L. B. Gee, C. H. Dapper, W. E. Newton, S. P. Cramer Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry     2015, 153,  128–135, 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.07.005  | 
| 1922  Characterization of the [3Fe–4S]0/1+ cluster from the D14C variant of Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin via combined NRVS and DFT analyses  L. Lauterbach, L. B. Gee, V. Pelmenschikov, F. E. Jenney, S. Kamali, Y. Yoda, M. W. W. Adams, S. P. Cramer Dalton Trans.     2016, 45,  7215–7219, 10.1039/C5DT04760A  | 
| 1692  Hydride bridge in [NiFe]-hydrogenase observed by nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy  H. Ogata, T. Krämer, H. Wang, D. Schilter, V. Pelmenschikov, M. van Gastel, F. Neese, T. B. Rauchfuss, L. B. Gee, A. D. Scott, Y. Yoda, Y. Tanaka, W. Lubitz, S. P. Cramer Nature Communications     2015, 6,  7890– 10.1038/ncomms8890  | 
| 1683  Docking and Migration of Carbon Monoxide in Nitrogenase: The Case for Gated Pockets from Infrared Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics  L. B. Gee, I. Leontyev, A. Stuchebrukhov, A. D. Scott, V. Pelmenschikov, S. P. Cramer Biochemistry     2015, 54,  3314–3319, 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00216  | 
| 1638   Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy reveals the FeS cluster composition and active site vibrational properties of an O2-tolerant NAD-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase   L. Lauterbach, H. Wang, M. Horch, L. B. Gee, Y. Yoda, Y. Tanaka, I. Zebger, O. Lenz, S. P. Cramer Chem. Sci.     2015, 6,  1055–1060, 10.1039/C4SC02982H  | 
| 1443  Structural Characterization of CO-Inhibited Mo-Nitrogenase by Combined Application of Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, and Density Functional Theory: New Insights into the Effects of CO Binding and the Role of the Interstitial Atom  A. D. Scott, V. Pelmenschikov, Y. Guo, L. Yan, H. Wang, S. J. George, C. H. Dapper, W. E. Newton, Y. Yoda, Y. Tanaka, S. P. Cramer Journal of the American Chemical Society     2014, 136,  15942–15954, 10.1021/ja505720m  | 
| 1427   Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopy of 57Fe-labeled models of [NiFe] hydrogenase: first direct observation of a nickel–iron interaction   D. Schilter, V. Pelmenschikov, H. Wang, F. Meier, L. B. Gee, Y. Yoda, M. Kaupp, T. B. Rauchfuss, S. P. Cramer Chemical Communications Chem. Commun.    2014, 50,  13469–13472, 10.1039/C4CC04572F  | 
| 1241  The HydG Enzyme Generates an Fe(CO)2(CN) Synthon in Assembly of the FeFe Hydrogenase H-Cluster  J. M. Kuchenreuther, W. K. Myers, D. L. M. Suess, T. A. Stich, V. Pelmenschikov, S. A. Shiigi, S. P. Cramer, J. R. Swartz, R. D. Britt, S. J. George Science     2014, 343,  424–427, 10.1126/science.1246572  | 
| 1144  IR-Monitored Photolysis of CO-Inhibited Nitrogenase: A Major EPR-Silent Species with Coupled Terminal CO Ligands  L. Yan, V. Pelmenschikov, C. H. Dapper, A. D. Scott, W. E. Newton, S. P. Cramer Chemistry - A European Journal     2012, 18,  16349–16357, 10.1002/chem.201202072  | 


