NEWS Congratulations to Zhenghu and Pilias, their Chem. Commun. paper has been accepted! Sep 18, 2009 Congratulations to Rohit and Lin, their Org. Lett paper has been published online! Sept. 08, 2009 Congratulations to Zhenghu and Pilias, their Eur. J. Org paper has been published and their work was highlighted as cover page! Sept. 08, 2009 Alex Alexa joined the group in the Summer 2009! Laura Sirk joined the group in the Spring 2009!

Organic Synthesis, Peptide/Amino acid Catalysis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Material Chemistry, Biochemistry

Research Interests:

Our research centrally involves application-directed molecule design and synthesis. We are also interested in discovery/development of catalysts for important organic and biology relevant reactions. Currently, there are three research directions in our laboratory.

Peptide-based asymmetric catalysis
Dye-Sensitized-Solar-Cells
Identification and development of small molecule inhibitors targeting NS2-3 protease of Hepatitis C virus