Development of new synthetic methodology using novel main-group organometallic chemistry.

Biomimetic and total synthesis, and beta-lactam biosynthesis.

Total synthesis.

Catalytic antibodies, organocatalysis, protein-like DNA enzymes, therapeutic antibodies, molecular recognition of DNA by proteins, phage display.

Organoboron chemistry. Transition metal and lanthanide catalysis. Cycloadditions. Reactive intermediates. Heterocycles and guanidines. Combinatorial chemistry.

Development and applications of new organic reactions. Catalysis. Dynamic organic molecules. Bioorganic chemistry.

Novel aromatics: nonplanar aromatic compounds, cyclophanes and molecular switches.

Total synthesis of biologically active natural products, the development of new synthetic methods, heterocyclic chemistry, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, the study of DNA-agent interactions, and the chemistry of antitumor antibiotics.

Design and synthesis of new molecules with interesting properties.

Marine natural products. New antimalarial agents. Tropical Plant Compounds. Neurodegeneration. Natural product synthesis. Computational Chemistry.

Silicon chemistry.

Biosynthesis of complex natural products.

Enantioselective reduction. Carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. Carbon-heteroatom bond-forming processes. Design and utilization of new ligands. Applications in total synthesis.

Stereoselective synthesis of bicyclic and polycyclic structures.