Professor Thomas Teets grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio and one of his hobbies growing up was playing the piano. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in Chemistry while also completing undergraduate research with Prof. Thomas Gray. He then completed his Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Daniel Nocera. After his Ph.D., he moved to Pasadena, California and completed his postdoc research with Prof. John Bercaw and Prof. Jay Labinger at the California Institute of Technology. Prof. Teets is now an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston where his group's research interests are broadly in designing molecules with interesting photophysical properties. These research interests in deep-blue phosphorescence, red to near-infrared phosphorescence, photoredox catalysis, supramolecular chemistry of cyclometalated iridium, and Earth-abundant photosensitizers for solar fuels.

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