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Professor Holm received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton.
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After the completion of his degree, he joined the chemistry faculty at Harvard University. He has been on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University. His current position is the Higgins Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. and the Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 2005.
Professor Holm"s research encompasses synthetic, structural, and reactivity aspects of transition element chemistry.
He is best known for the preparations of the first synthetic analogs of the active sites of iron-sulfur proteins. These discoveries were significant in the development of bioinorganic chemistry.
He continues his work in the field of iron-sulfur clusters today, examining the active sites of the enzymes nitrogenase and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase. Additionally, his interests include the biomimetic chemistry of molybdenumand tungsten-containing oxo-transferases.
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National Academy of Sciences.
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