Rebecca Sherbo
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering
Research Focus
Electrochemical and biological ways to make important chemical products from gases and renewable energy
Education
- PhD, Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2019
Research Overview
Electrochemical and biological ways to make important chemical products from gases and renewable energy
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Kurimoto, A., Sherbo, R. S., Cao, Y., Loo, N. W. X., Berlinguette, C. P. “Electrolytic deuteration of unsaturated bonds without using D2” Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 719-726
- Jansonius, R. P., Kurimoto, A., Marelli, A. M., Huang, A., Sherbo, R. S., Berlinguette, C. P. “Hydrogenation without H2 using a palladium membrane flow cell” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100105
- Sherbo, R. S., Loh. D. M., Nocera, D. G. “Hybrid Biological-Inorganic Systems for CO2 Conversion to Fuels”. In Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis; Robert, M., Costentin, C., Daasbjerg, K., Eds.; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2020, pp 317-346
- Delima, R. S., Sherbo, R. S., Dvorak, D. J., Kurimoto, A., Berlinguette, C. P. “Supported palladium membrane reactor architecture for electrocatalytic hydrogenation” J. Mat. Chem. A. 2019, 7, 26586
- Johnson, N. J. J., Lam, B., Sherbo, R. S., Fork, D. K., Berlinguette, C. P. “Ligands Affect Hydrogen Absorption and Desorption by Palladium Nanoparticles” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 8679-8684
- Sherbo, R. S., Kurimoto, A., Brown, C. M., Berlinguette, C. P. “Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation with a Palladium Membrane Reactor” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7815-7821
- Johnson, N. J. J., Lam, B., MacLeod, B. P., Sherbo, R. S., Moreno-Gonzalez, M., Fork, D. K., Berlinguette, C. P. “Facets and vertices regulate hydrogen uptake and release in palladium nanocrystals” Nat. Mater. 2019, 18, 454-458
Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca Sherbo
Rebecca Sherbo joins the Chemical Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Chemistry and Chemical Biology.