Wendy Lee Queen

Queen studied chemistry and mathematics at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. She then pursued a PhD in inorganic chemistry at Clemson University under the mentorship of Shiou-Jyh Hwu. In 2009 she joined the Center for Neutron Research at National Institute of Standards and Technology. From 2011 to 2012 she was a visiting scholar in laboratory of Jeffrey R. Long{{Cite web|title=Group Alumni {{!}} The Long Group|url=http://alchemy.cchem.berkeley.edu/group-alumni/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=alchemy.cchem.berkeley.edu}} at University of California Berkeley before returning to the Center for Neutron Research as a postdoctoral fellow with Craig Brown.{{Cite web|last=craig.brown@nist.gov|date=2019-05-10|title=Craig Brown CV|url=https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/craig-brown-cv|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NIST|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Wendy|first=Lee Queen|date=January 2017|title=Curriculum Vitae of Professor Wendy L. Queen|url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lfim/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CV_Queen_January-2017.pdf}}

In the position of a project scientist, Queen joined the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2012. Here she helped build a new user program focused on the synthesis and characterization of porous adsorbents. During her time there she worked on a number of projects focused on the use of polymer-metal-organic frameworks (MOF) or MOF-based membranes for a variety of globally relevant gas separations such as carbon dioxide capture from flue gas and water capture from air.{{Cite web|title=New Carbon Capture Membrane Creates CO2 Highways|url=https://foundry.lbl.gov/2016/04/12/new-carbon-capture-membrane-creates-co2-highways/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=foundry.lbl.gov}}{{Cite journal|last1=Su|first1=Norman C.|last2=Sun|first2=Daniel T.|last3=Beavers|first3=Christine M.|last4=Britt|first4=David K.|last5=Queen|first5=Wendy L.|last6=Urban|first6=Jeffrey J.|date=2016-03-09|title=Enhanced permeation arising from dual transport pathways in hybrid polymer–MOF membranes|url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ee/c5ee02660a|journal=Energy & Environmental Science|language=en|volume=9|issue=3|pages=922–931|doi=10.1039/C5EE02660A|bibcode=2016EnEnS...9..922S |issn=1754-5706|url-access=subscription}}

In 2015, she was nominated as tenure-track assistant professor at Department of Chemical Engineering of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Her Laboratory for Functional Inorganic Materials is based at the EPFL Valais Wallis campus in Sion, Switzerland.{{Cite web|title=LFIM|url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lfim/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=www.epfl.ch|language=en-GB}}{{Cite journal|last=Verde|first=Mariachiara|date=2015-09-30|title=SNSF Assistant Professor Energy Grant awarded to Prof. Wendy Queen|url=https://actu.epfl.ch/news/snsf-assistant-professor-energy-grant-awarded-to-3/|journal=EPFL News|language=en}}

Queen's research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel porous adsorbents, namely metal-organic frameworks, and their corresponding composites, which are of interest in a number of host-guest applications.{{Cite journal|last1=Bloch|first1=E. D.|last2=Queen|first2=W. L.|last3=Krishna|first3=R.|last4=Zadrozny|first4=J. M.|last5=Brown|first5=C. M.|last6=Long|first6=J. R.|date=2012-03-30|title=Hydrocarbon Separations in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1217544|journal=Science|language=en|volume=335|issue=6076|pages=1606–1610|doi=10.1126/science.1217544|pmid=22461607|bibcode=2012Sci...335.1606B |s2cid=30717494|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}} Her research aims at contributing knowledge towards solving globally relevant problems, like reducing energy consumption,{{Cite journal|last1=Geier|first1=Stephen J.|last2=Mason|first2=Jarad A.|last3=Bloch|first3=Eric D.|last4=Queen|first4=Wendy L.|last5=Hudson|first5=Matthew R.|last6=Brown|first6=Craig M.|last7=Long|first7=Jeffrey R.|date=2013|title=Selective adsorption of ethylene over ethane and propylene over propane in the metal–organic frameworks M2(dobdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn)|url=http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c3sc00032j|journal=Chemical Science|language=en|volume=4|issue=5|pages=2054|doi=10.1039/c3sc00032j|issn=2041-6520|url-access=subscription}} cutting CO₂ emissions,{{Cite journal |last1=Bloch |first1=Eric D. |last2=Murray |first2=Leslie J. |last3=Queen |first3=Wendy L. |last4=Chavan |first4=Sachin |last5=Maximoff |first5=Sergey N. |last6=Bigi |first6=Julian P. |last7=Krishna |first7=Rajamani |last8=Peterson |first8=Vanessa K. |author-link8=Vanessa Peterson |last9=Grandjean |first9=Fernande |last10=Long |first10=Gary J. |last11=Smit |first11=Berend |date=2011-09-21 |title=Selective Binding of O2 over N2 in a Redox–Active Metal–Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja205976v |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=133 |issue=37 |pages=14814–14822 |doi=10.1021/ja205976v |issn=0002-7863 |pmid=21830751|bibcode=2011JAChS.13314814B }}{{Cite journal|last1=Hudson|first1=Matthew R.|last2=Queen|first2=Wendy L.|last3=Mason|first3=Jarad A.|last4=Fickel|first4=Dustin W.|last5=Lobo|first5=Raul F.|last6=Brown|first6=Craig M.|date=2012-01-12|title=Unconventional, Highly Selective CO 2 Adsorption in Zeolite SSZ-13|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja210580b|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|language=en|volume=134|issue=4|pages=1970–1973|doi=10.1021/ja210580b|pmid=22235866|bibcode=2012JAChS.134.1970H |issn=0002-7863|url-access=subscription}} water purification,{{Cite journal|last1=Furukawa|first1=Hiroyasu|last2=Gándara|first2=Felipe|last3=Zhang|first3=Yue-Biao|last4=Jiang|first4=Juncong|last5=Queen|first5=Wendy L.|last6=Hudson|first6=Matthew R.|last7=Yaghi|first7=Omar M.|date=2014-03-19|title=Water Adsorption in Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks and Related Materials|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja500330a|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|language=en|volume=136|issue=11|pages=4369–4381|doi=10.1021/ja500330a|pmid=24588307|bibcode=2014JAChS.136.4369F |s2cid=207107770 |issn=0002-7863|url-access=subscription}} the extraction of valuable commodities from waste,{{Cite journal|last1=Sun|first1=Daniel T.|last2=Gasilova|first2=Natalia|last3=Yang|first3=Shuliang|last4=Oveisi|first4=Emad|last5=Queen|first5=Wendy L.|date=2018-12-05|title=Rapid, Selective Extraction of Trace Amounts of Gold from Complex Water Mixtures with a Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)/Polymer Composite|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|language=en|volume=140|issue=48|pages=16697–16703|doi=10.1021/jacs.8b09555|pmid=30395464|issn=0002-7863|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018JAChS.14016697S }}{{Cite journal|last1=Sun|first1=Daniel T.|last2=Peng|first2=Li|last3=Reeder|first3=Washington S.|last4=Moosavi|first4=Seyed Mohamad|last5=Tiana|first5=Davide|last6=Britt|first6=David K.|last7=Oveisi|first7=Emad|last8=Queen|first8=Wendy L.|date=2018-03-28|title=Rapid, Selective Heavy Metal Removal from Water by a Metal–Organic Framework/Polydopamine Composite|url= |journal=ACS Central Science|language=en|volume=4|issue=3|pages=349–356|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.7b00605|issn=2374-7943|pmc=879484|pmid=29632880}} and chemical conversion processes.{{Cite journal|last1=Xiao|first1=Dianne J.|last2=Bloch|first2=Eric D.|last3=Mason|first3=Jarad A.|last4=Queen|first4=Wendy L.|last5=Hudson|first5=Matthew R.|last6=Planas|first6=Nora|last7=Borycz|first7=Joshua|last8=Dzubak|first8=Allison L.|last9=Verma|first9=Pragya|last10=Lee|first10=Kyuho|last11=Bonino|first11=Francesca|date=2014-05-18|title=Oxidation of ethane to ethanol by N 2 O in a metal–organic framework with coordinatively unsaturated iron( II ) sites|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.1956|journal=Nature Chemistry|language=en|volume=6|issue=7|pages=590–595|doi=10.1038/nchem.1956|pmid=24950328|bibcode=2014NatCh...6..590X |issn=1755-4349|hdl=2318/153276|osti=1458980 |hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Karve|first1=Vikram V.|last2=Sun|first2=Daniel T.|last3=Trukhina|first3=Olga|last4=Yang|first4=Shuliang|last5=Oveisi|first5=Emad|last6=Luterbacher|first6=Jeremy|last7=Queen|first7=Wendy L.|date=2020|title=Efficient reductive amination of HMF with well dispersed Pd nanoparticles immobilized in a porous MOF/polymer composite|url=http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C9GC03140E|journal=Green Chemistry|language=en|volume=22|issue=2|pages=368–378|doi=10.1039/C9GC03140E|s2cid=213412438 |issn=1463-9262}}

Queen became known to a wider audience through her TEDx Talk on "Cut Carbon to Save Lives",{{Citation|last=Queen|first=Wendy L.|title=Cut carbon to save lives|date=6 October 2017 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_l_queen_cut_carbon_to_save_lives_jan_2017|language=en|access-date=2020-08-10}} her Aeon article on "Could mining gold from waste reduce its great cost?",{{Cite web|title=Could mining gold from waste reduce its great cost? – Wendy Lee Queen & Mirko Bischofberger {{!}} Aeon Ideas|url=https://aeon.co/ideas/could-mining-gold-from-waste-reduce-its-great-cost|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Aeon|language=en}} and multiple appearances in the news outlets.{{Cite web|last=Gabbud|first=Jean-Yves|date=2018-03-15|title=Un matériau révolutionnaire qui dépollue l'eau développé en Valais|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/valais/canton/un-materiau-revolutionnaire-qui-depollue-l-eau-developpe-en-valais-743732|access-date=2020-08-10}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-23|title=Is There a Gold Mine in Electronic Waste?|url=https://mindmatters.ai/2020/01/is-there-a-gold-mine-in-electronic-waste/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Mind Matters|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Senese|first=Gioia|date=2020-08-01|title=Diese Forscherin rettet die Erde: CO2 aus der Luft filtern|url=https://www.blick.ch/life/wissen/naturwissenschaften/epfl-forscherin-wendy-queen-mag-diese-forscherin-rettet-die-erde-print-titel-queen-rettet-die-erde-id16018546.html|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Blick}}{{Cite web|title=Filtering out toxic chromium from water|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200506133633.htm|access-date=2020-08-10|website=ScienceDaily|language=en}}{{Cite journal|date=2020-12-28|title=The Galactic Chloé Show: a new star in the EPFL universe|url=https://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-galactic-chloe-show-a-new-star-in-the-epfl-uni/|language=en}}

In 2020, Queen was nominated as one of Chemical & Engineering News's “Talented 12”.{{Cite web|title=C&EN's Talented 12: Wendy Lee Queen|url=https://cen.acs.org/materials/metal-organic-frameworks/Wendy-Lee-Queen/98/i31|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Chemical & Engineering News|language=en}} She is a member of the board of Scientific Advisors at novoMOF.{{Cite web|title=novoMOF {{!}} Company|url=https://91z.398.myftpupload.com/company/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=novoMOF|language=en-US}}

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