We are a research group in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware. Our research efforts lie at the interface of synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry. Our program applies advanced synthetic and spectroscopic techniques to prepare and characterize new complexes and materials with interesting electronic and reactivity profiles. Tantamount to our goals is the ability to design and construct new molecules and materials for a targeted application. Advanced electrochemical, spectroscopic and computational analyses guide this design process and afford a better physical understanding of the different systems under consideration. The majority of our work is centered in two key arenas - the development of molecular chemistry of consequence to renewable energy and the development of new methods for tailoring the chemical and physical properties of surfaces, including electrode and metal oxides materials.
Latest Group News
May 20, 2013
Congrats to John for having his paper detailing a new inexpensive electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction accepted to JACS! (details)
May 15, 2013
Congrats to Allen for receiving the third place award for his research presentation at our Departmental Silver Symposium!
April 13, 2013
Congrats to Justin for receiving a second place award for his research presentation at the 77th Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention!
March 2013
Congrats to Allen and Mike for having their paper on phlorin chemistry accepted to JACS! (details)
February 2013
Our collaborative study on water soluble BODIPY derivatives for applications involving ECL has been accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem.! (details)
January 2013
Our group's work has been highlighted in the UD Messenger Research Magazine! (details)
November 2012
Congrats to Tian and John for successfully passing their qualifying exams!
October 20, 2012
Congrats to Justin on winning a first place award at the 15th Annual UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium!
October 12, 2012
Congrats to Amber and Rachel for having their electrode modification paper accepted by Chemical Science!
August 22, 2012
Congrats to Allen, John, Rachel, Tian, Jen and Gabe for their succesful presentations and posters at the National ACS Meeting in Philadelphia!
August 9, 2012
Congrats to Justin for winning an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research in Sustainability Prize! (details)
July 12, 2012
Joel has been awarded a DuPont Young Professor Award! (details)
July 9, 2012
Congrats to Allen on having his first paper accepted to the Journal of Physical Chemistry!
June 2, 2012
Congrats to Allen, John, Piyal and Tian on their great presentations and posters at the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the ACS!
May 30, 2012
Our lab's first paper has been published as part of a special issue of Dalton Transactions! (details)
April 14, 2012
Congratulations to Justin for receiving a first place award for his research presentation at the 76th Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention! (details)
October 26, 2011
Jennifer Eddy has joined the group. Welcome Jennifer!
October 22, 2011
Congratulations to Justin and Mike for winning first place for their poster presentations at the 14th Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences at UMBC! (details)
August 24, 2011
Congratulations to Gabe for receiving a LSAMP Doctoral Fellowship!
August 10, 2011
Our research has been profiled in Nature! (details)
May 13, 2011
Our group has received seed funding from the UD Research Foundation.
May 10, 2011
Our research has been highlighted by The Review. (details).
May 3, 2011
Joel discussed the importance of renewable energy research with Mellany Armstrong and Peter MacArthur on WDEL, 1150 AM (listen here).
April 4, 2011
Joel has received an ORAU Ralphe E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and our lab has received seed funding for the development of new electrocatalysts (details).