My research interests span (1) in investigating the photophysical properties of donor-acceptor organic materials or polymeric materials, potentially for the use in molecular electronics, and specifically for use in low-cost solar cells (2) in studying the energy level patterns and dynamics of isolated gas species relevant to remote atmospheric sensing, environmental protection, hydrocarbon combustion, and petroleum chemistry, and (3) in studying the various properties of molecules/organometallic complexes using quantum mechanical computational programs.