Daniel G. Nocera

Daniel G. Nocera (born July 3, 1957, Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American inorganic chemist known for inventing the first practical “artificial leaf,” a silicon-based catalyst capable of separating hydrogen and oxygen from water in the presence of sunlight. Nocera received a B.S. in chemistry from Rutgers University in 1979 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1984. While working at Caltech in the laboratory of inorganic chemist Harry...