Faculty and Staff

Research Interests

Synthesis and Catalysis

• Organometallic chemistry: reactions, mechanisms, photochemistry, and catalysis

• Synthesis of chiral organometallic complexes

• Synthesis and characterization of analogues of antitumor antibiotics and coenzymes

• Total synthesis of natural products and the development of new synthetic methods

• Inorganic and solid-state chemistry; hybrid materials and nanostructures

• Organic synthesis and methodology. Asymmetric catalysis using organocatalysts, transition metals and multi-component systems.

• Design and synthesis of novel, degradable polymeric materials

• Host-guest chemistry and peptide chemistry

• Natural product total synthesis, development of synthetic vaccines, design and synthesis of complex proteins