Carol Creutz

Carol Creutz (October 20, 1944 – July 10, 2013) was an American chemist and Senior Research Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. She prepared the Creutz–Taube complex, a metal complex that was used to study Inner sphere electron transfer.

Early life and education
Creutz earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her doctoral degree at Stanford University in 1970. Her research considered the development of binuclear transition metal complexes, and the evaluation of their charge-transfer. These complexes became known as the Creutz–Taube complex. Her supervisor, Henry Taube, was awarded the Nobel prize for electron transfer in 1983.

Research and career
After earning her doctorate Creutz joined Georgetown University as an assistant professor. In 1972 Creutz joined the staff at Brookhaven National Laboratory. She worked alongside Norman Sutin on electro and charge-transfer reactions. Here she was awarded tenure in 1978 and made Chair of Chemistry in 1995. She was the first woman to be a Chair at Brookhaven. She retired in 2012, and was made an emeritus Professor in 2013.

At Brookhaven Creutz investigated electron and ion-transfer reactions. She started focussing on solar conversion and photochemistry. She advanced understanding of redox reactions, which can be used to design more efficient solar fuels.

Personal life
Creutz died on July 10, 2013. Her husband, Michael, was a high energy theoretical physicist. She had one daughter.