Research into the bio-organic chemistry of nucleic acids. Including molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules and the design of artificial transcriptional activators.
Glycoprocessing enzyme inhibition and mechanism. Exploring enzyme systems. Novel drug delivery systems. Synthesis and use of glycoproteins. Glycoside and oligosaccharide synthesis.
Development of new synthetic methods and strategies, and their application in the total synthesis of natural products and biologically important compounds.
Supramolecular and dendrimer chemistry. Modern medicinal chemistry. Advanced materials based on carbon-rich acetylenic molecular architecture. Synthetic fullerene chemistry.
Devise, develop, and apply new ideas in organic chemistry to the efficient synthesis of interesting molecules, particularly natural products with medicinal applications.