Research Interest:
• Small molecule activation
• Cooperative metal-metal interactions for the multi-electron reduction of small molecules.
• Transition metal complexes with a focus on metal-ligand multiple bonds.
• New bifunctional ligands with disparate metal binding sites for metal-metal cooperativity.
• Multidentate N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands.
Specialties:
• Extensive experience in large and small scale, multistep organometallic transformations.
• Specialized skills in Glove-box and Schlenk–line technique for air and moisture sensitive reagents and reactions.
• Experienced in structure determination with single crystal X-ray crystallography.
• Experienced in DFT calculations...