Structural, synthetic, medicinal, and functional organic chemistry.

Design and synthesis of new enantioselective catalysts, new asymmetric catalytic transformations based on enzymes and synthetic (biomimetic) catalysts and supramolecular chemistry.

Appreciation for the mechanisms of chemical reactivity and the desire to place efficient bond-making at the service of chemistry, biology, and materials science.

Bioorganic and natural products chemistry.

Synthesis of complex, biologically active organic molecules based upon natural product templates.

Synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry.