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Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry | Hoffman ENDOR Spectroscopy Group @ Northwestern
Summary:

Hoffman develops and applies electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy -- a combination of EPR and NMR -- to resolve individual hyperfine-coupled nuclei at metalloenzyme active sites with atomic-scale precision, work that has revealed mechanisms of nitrogenase nitrogen fixation, radical-SAM enzyme catalysis, and copper/methane monooxygenase chemistry. The technique pushes magnetic-resonance spectroscopic resolution well past what conventional EPR can resolve, in a manner methodologically continuous with molecular spin-qubit sensing.

Created at: July 10, 2026, 2:45 a.m. Updated at: July 10, 2026, 2:45 a.m. Metadata: Reviewed July 2026 via Northwestern Chemistry faculty page and IBiS listing.