
Connie C. Lu
Professor, Department of ChemistryContact
Smith Hall Room 326 207 Pleasant Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2006
Post Doctorate Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2009
Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry: inorganic Synthesis
Energy & Catalysis
Organic Chemistry
Environmental & Green Chemistry
The Lu group creates and studies metal-metal bonding between two first-row transition metals and between a transition metal and a main group metal. Synergistic combinations of different metals can generate hybrid "metals" that exhibit original properties and/or unique reactivities. We are broadly interested in developing these bimetallic complexes for small-molecule catalysis (e.g., dinitrogen to amine), where using non-precious metals is sensible from economical and sustainability standpoints.


Outstanding Reviewer for Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 & 2019
Featured in Journal of the American Chemical Society virtual issue on JACS Young Investigators, 2018
Plenary Lecture, Royal Chemical Society Dalton Conference, 2018
Association for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Plenary Lecture, Advanced Photon Source User Meeting, 2016
Gerhard and Lisolette Closs Memorial Lecture, University of Chicago, 2016
Kavli Fellow, 2013
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2013-2015
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2013
Ernst Haage Prize, 2008
Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2008
Department of Defense Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2001-2004
Alpha Chi Sigma Award, 2000
Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
Mailing Address
Connie C. Lu
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
B-11, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431