Natural Products

Flavor and fragrance molecules. Current work is focused on the structure and internal motions of molecules in the methoxystyrene family.

Combustion Chemistry

Studies of sulfur containing species found in petroleum. Current work is focused on van der Waals interactions of thiophene with small molecules in the combustion stream.

Astrochemistry

Ring formation under interstellar conditions. Current studies focus on the the structure and reactions on radicals formed from excitation of small, unsaturated hydrocarbons.