My research interests focus on two different areas of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. My first area of interest focuses on the application of solution NMR techniques to the analysis of interesting biochemical processes. The study and characterization of cation transport via natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic ion channels are particular emphasized. My second area of interest is the use gas-phase NMR spectroscopy to study conformationally and kinetically interesting processes in the absence of solvent interactions. The essential isolation of small molecules in the gas phase provides an excellent experimental counterpart to theoretical models. Chair-to-chair interconversions, internal rotations around partial bonds, hydrogenation reactions and isomerizations are a few examples of processes being addressed in this type of research
