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Machine learning techniques for modelling and designing chemical systemsDesigning biological and chemical materials is a longstanding challenge central to the many subdisciplines of chemis
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Bacterial trafficking of nutrients and toxinsAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent health issue worldwide, as the number of deaths associated with AMR in 2025 is predicted to reach b
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"Novel halide perovskites with bifunctional ligands"Hybrid organic–inorganic halide perovskites are a class of unconventional semiconductors formed through solution-state self-assembly.
Molecular Engineering of a general MHC-targeting platformMy thesis focuses on the development of novel, high-specificity platforms for targeting peptide-MHC complexes, which are critical f
Methane Activation in Copper Zeolites: Active Site Structure, Reactivity, and RegenerationThe direct conversion of methane to methanol would provide a route to circumvent flaring at oil re
Turning natural silicates into carbon dioxide removal materialsThe removal of CO2 from the atmosphere (CDR) on the multi-hundred gigaton (Gton) scale is essential for near
Using Structure to Tune Microporosity and Gas Separation Performance of CANAL Ladder PolymersThis dissertation describes my research on determining structure-performance relationships of r
"Practical synthesis of the clinically approved PKC modulator tigilanol tiglate and the design, synthesis, and evaluation of analogs"Join Zoom Meeting
Insight into the Dioxygen Activation Mechanism of the Carotenoid Cleaving DioxygenasesMy thesis defense will focus on our work defining the structure and reactivity of a n
"Advancing Automated Reaction Discovery through Novel Acceleration Techniques for ab initio Molecular Dynamics"The ability to predict chemical reactivity from first princi
"Membrane curvature and transmembrane proteins: How does membrane curvature regulate the spatial distribution of the glycocalyx and mediate integrin-mediated cell adhesions?"
"Cryogenic Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Correlation with Electron Tomography" Cryogenic electron tomography has become a powerful and popular tool for