Research Interests

• Research topics included synthesis of organic molecules and bio-organic complexes and photophysical studies of modified porphyrin macrocycles including spectroscopy. 2001-2005, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Research topics included synthesis and purification of electronically modified flavin molecules in order to better understand a role of peptide-cofactor interactions in DNA photolyase. 1998-2000, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.