Dr. Kennedy’s research interests are in the areas of synthetic organic, organometallic catalysis, reaction methods development, and chemical education. The central themes of his research include: design and synthesis of biologically active natural products and analogues; utilization of screening techniques to expedite reaction optimization and new reaction discovery; development of synthetic routes and synthetic methods that are environmentally conscientious. His chemical education interests are in the areas of active learning, cooperative learning, inverted classroom strategies, and developing undergraduate teaching laboratories that incorporating natural product isolation and synthetic methods.
