Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen is a Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Associate Professor at MIT in the Department of Chemistry.
From 2011 to 2014, Schlau-Cohen was a Center for Molecular Analysis and Design (CMAD) postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
Moerner and Professor Ed Solomon on oxidative enzyme mechanisms, employing “time-dependent, single-molecule spectroscopy and steady-state ensemble measurements to study the kinetics of electron transfer in Fet3p, the MCO [multi-copper oxidase ] responsible for iron uptake in yeast.”[2] In 2015, Schlau-Cohen joined the faculty of MIT as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor on July 1, 2020.
[3] Her research group at MIT, also known as the Schlau-Cohen Lab, is at the intersection of physical and biological chemistry.
The lab focuses on using “a combination of single-molecule and ultrafast spectroscopies to explore the energetic and structural dynamics of biological systems.”[4] Schlau-Cohen’s team works to “develop and apply tools to uncover the conformational and photophysical mechanisms of photosynthetic light harvesting and its regulation.”[5] Schlau-Cohen has served as associate director of the Bioinspired Light Escalated Chemistry Energy Frontier Research Center (BioLEC EFRC),[6] a member of the Executive Committee of the APS Division of Laser Science,[7] and as a STEM ambassador for the American Association of University Women.