Discipline: Chemistry

The work in my group is directed at understanding the properties of matter through simulating the equations of quantum mechanics.

I am a chemist that studies the molecular foundations of life, focusing on the contributions of vitamins and mineral nutrients to human health and disease and the development of catalysts for renewable energy conversions. My laboratory has advanced a new paradigm for metals in biology termed transition metal signaling, using activity-based sensing and proteomics reagents … Continued

I am a Physical Organic Chemist who investigates organic and organometallic reactive intermediates in the gas phase and solution, seeking structure-activity relationships, with the help of kinetic, spectroscopic, and thermochemical methods. Computational chemistry is integrated into our work. We take the mechanistic models and validate them by rational design of homogeneous catalysts with novel reactivity … Continued

Our research group investigates a variety of dynamic events in condensed media. The work ranges from basic chemical reaction dynamics to energy and charge transfer in new materials targeted at applications in solar energy conversion. The materials we study include semiconductor nanoparticles, thin films of small molecule and polymeric organic semiconductors, and custom designed molecular … Continued

The core of our research is the development of new reactions and the synthesis of organic molecules. Our current efforts include the chemical synthesis of proteins and protein conjugates, new cross-coupling approaches to chiral N-heterocyles, the development of new ligation and cross-coupling reactions, and the application of these processes to chemical biology, soft materials, and … Continued

My research involves the application of laser techniques to problems in damage to DNA (from UV light or high energy radiation), nanoparticle therapies for melanoma, and characterizing light harvesting in molecular and nanoparticle based materials for solar energy. My lab utilizes femtosecond laser based spectroscopies to elucidate mechanisms in liquid solution photochemistry as well as … Continued

Our group applies innovative spectroscopic tools to investigate the chemical and physical processes that operate in natural environments ranging from the interstellar medium to the heart of living cells. The ultimate goal of this work is a detailed understanding of the evolution of molecular diversity from atoms in the interstellar medium or from simple chemical … Continued

Our research involves using magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy to help understand fundamental problems in physical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, marine science, and enology.