Nitrogen Onium Salts:

Projects:

-Synthesis and Characterization

-Mechanistic Photochemistry (pH control and GC/MS Analysis)

-Photophysical Properties (Fluorescence, UV/VIS, Laser Flash Photolysis)

-DNA Binding (UV/VIS, Fluorescence, CD, Melting, Fitting Models)

-DNA Cleaving (Gels, CD, product analysis)

-Membrane Penetration, Reverse Micelles, Partition Coefficient, Cellular Uptake

Synthetic Organic Photochemistry:

Projects:

-Decarboxylative Photocyclization of tertiary radicals

-Photochemical synthesis of current medical drugs

-Memory of Chirality Effects

-Decarboxylative Photocyclization of Imides with cationic spacers

-Decarboxylative Photocyclization with cationic chromophors (based on quinolines etc.)

Collaborative Projects:

-Elastin-like Polypeptide (ELP) conjugation to drugs and other small molecules

-HIV Integrase inhibitor synthesis

-PVP polymer photochemistry

Fluorescence Probes:

Projects:

-Naphthalimide fluorescence quenching studies

-Analysis of the influence of structural elements on the fluorescence

-Quenching Mechanisms

Solar Photochemistry:

Projects:

-Construction of various solar photoreactors

-Analysis of model reactions to characterize their efficiency

-Set-up of large scale reactions