My research focuses on understanding the fundamental principles that govern biological electron transfer and how these processes enable energy conversion, catalysis, and environmental transformations across living systems. By integrating bioelectrochemistry, environmental microbiology, redox biochemistry, and molecular biophysics, I investigate how electrons move through biological molecules, cells, and communities, and how these electron transfer pathways can be harnessed for sustainable technologies.

A major component of my work explores extracellular electron transfer, where biological systems exchange electrons with materials beyond the cell boundary. These processes underpin microbial respiration, biogeochemical cycling, and bioelectrochemical energy conversion. I am also interested in microbial electrochemistry, particularly how biological electron transfer can be coupled to electrodes to drive carbon conversion, electrosynthesis, and environmentally relevant catalytic processes.

More recently, my research has expanded toward understanding the biophysical foundations of electron transport, including spin-dependent electron transfer in microbial respiratory proteins and living electroactive biofilms. Through these studies, I seek to uncover how molecular structure and electron transport properties influence biological function.

My long-term research vision is to uncover fundamental principles governing biological electron transfer across molecular, cellular, and ecological scales, and to apply these insights toward sustainable bioelectrochemical technologies. In particular, I am interested in understanding how quantum mechanical effects influence biological energy conversion and how these principles can inspire next-generation bioelectronic and electrocatalytic systems.

Research Interests

• Bioelectrochemistry

• Biological Electron Transfer

• Extracellular Electron Transfer

• Spin-Dependent Electron Transport

• Microbial Electrosynthesis

• Redox Protein Biochemistry