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.