My group's research is in the general area of inorganic supramolecular and materials chemistry. We are interested in a variety of topics with an emphasis on studying ways to manipulate electron or energy flow in supramolecular assemblies with the purpose of designing new molecular wires, fluorescent dyes, and/or light harvesting antennae. A second emphasis is on studying the role of noncovalent interactions on the assembly of molecules in the solid state and on what impact crystal packing behavior has on the bulk properties of matter. The multidisciplinary nature of inorganic supramolecular chemistry affords the opportunity for undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in my group to become acclimated to a variety of synthetic techniques spanning the traditional fields of organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistry. Each research project also offers opportunities to learn fundamental skills in the areas of magnetism, electrochemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy, as well as X-ray crystallography. The research projects briefly mentioned below are more fully described in my group's home page.
