Our Research
We are recruiting a diverse team of scientists to push the boundaries of organic chemistry. Although our research is guided foremost by our curiosity and imagination, we also share a desire to confront the greatest scientific challenges of 21st century society, including energy, sustainability, and health.
To face these global problems, we will bring to bear a broad repertoire of techniques including organic and inorganic synthesis, spectroscopy, computation, device fabrication, and chemical sensing. Some examples of our interests are shown below – please check back frequently as our investigations evolve!
Organic Redox Catalysis
We aim to realize new processes involving redox-active organic molecules and to weave these steps into catalytic solutions for efficient and sustainable chemical synthesis.
Transition Metal Catalysis
We are devising unconventional cross-coupling transformations that produce useful, alternative products from abundant starting-material classes.
Organic Chemistry for Energy and Environment
We want to understand how fundamental physical organic chemistry can be used to enable more efficient separations and energy storage, as well as organic synthesis that is friendly to our world.