Harvard Bionic Leaf

the Nocera bionic-leaf lineage now underpins nanocoated nitrogen-fixing bacteria that colonise leaves and supply crop nitrogen — mapped as a "bio-solar nitrogen economy" in a June 2026 Current Research in Biotechnology roadmap and trialled as a foliar biofertilizer (Nature Food, 2026).

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AffiliationNocera Lab, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard Universitychemistry.harvard.edu · nocera.harvard.edu
Research focusartificial photosynthesis, bio-solar nitrogen fixation, renewable energy conversion and storage, sustainable biofertilizers, proton coupled electron transfer (PCET)ammoniaenergy.org · chemistry.harvard.edu · chemistryworld.com · labmanager.com · nocera.harvard.edu
Principal staffDaniel G. Nocera (Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy), Dilek Dogutan (Principal Research Scientist)news.harvard.edu · chemistry.harvard.edu · nocera.harvard.edu
GrantNIH Research Project (R01) Grant #5R01GM047274-27 (Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Mechanism of Ribonucleotide Reductase)grantome.com · nocera.harvard.edu
PublicationsOver 525 papers published, 152 named lectureshipsnocera.harvard.edu

Independent sources: ammoniaenergy.org · chemistry.harvard.edu · chemistryworld.com · grantome.com · labmanager.com · news.harvard.edu · nocera.harvard.edu

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Engineered photosynthesis and artificial chloroplastsbiofuels-bioenergyMedium→

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