C-H Bond functionalization in complex organic synthesis, chemical probes for covalent protein modification and imaging of metabolic/signaling pathways.

Synthesis of enzyme inhibitors as potential drug candidates. Reactivity and stability of organolithium compounds. Development of software for NMR data processing and simulation.

Photochemistry. Kinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions.

Synthesis of natural products and small molecules to study biological processes, Transcriptional and translational control of protein synthesis, Molecular control of cellular signaling processes.

Discovery of new reaction methodology and bioorganic chemistry.

Interactions of oligosaccharides with proteins that control cell growth, cell differentiation, cell-cell interactions, bacterial attachment to target cells and signaling events involving the extracellular matrix.

Useful new reactivity and general methods for selectively controlling chemical reactions.

Molecular encapsulation, self-assembling structures, de novo design of proteins organized by organic macrocycles.

Development of new catalytic asymmetric reactions. Synthesis of biologically significant molecules.

New synthetic methodology, asymmetric synthesis, natural product synthesis, and new materials.

Asymmetric catalysis, organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry.

Natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry and materials science.

Development of new reactions.

Synthetic methodology. Synthesis of bioactive molecules and natural products. Aromatic and heteroaromatic synthesis directed ortho metalation. Transition metal cross coupling. Ferrocene and BINOL ligands for asymmetric synthesis.

Syntheses of architecturally unique natural products and protein reactive natural products.

Synthesis of biologically active and structurally complex natural products and the development of new reaction methodology.

Development of novel coinage metal catalysts. Investigation of the mechanisms of transition metal catalyzed reactions by DFT model calculations.

Mechanistic organometallic chemistry and organic synthesis.

Design and synthesis of new materials with an emphasis on understanding interface and nucleation chemistry and creating multifunctional 3D systems by cooperative assembly.

Development of new synthetic methods in the field of free radical chemistry. Stereoselective ionic reactions.

Catalytic synthesis of valuable organoboron and silicon compounds. Synthesis and utilization of optically active helical polymers. Organic photochemistry.

Total synthesis.

Specialized in organic synthesis (azaheterocyclic phosphonates, constrained amino acids, microreactor studies) and bioresources chemistry (inulin and natural fibers).