Currently my research interests lie within the areas of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Education.

In the Area of Physical Chemistry, I am interested in thermochemical data that is not available from experimental work. This information can lead to support the recent findings in Dr. Steve Bradforth's research group at the University of Southern California. The electron transfer observed in recent studies is the first detailed available experimental result involving solvated electrons to test the long standing Marcus Theory of electron transfer, it is notable to mention that this ET occurs in the inverted regime.

In the area of Chemical Education, I am interested in developing laboratory curricula that correlates more to what the students are been currently taught in the classroom and to integrate the new technology available to the laboratory to expedite data acquisition and allow for more complex laboratory experiments.

My interest lies in developing laboratory modules for both the General Chemistry courses as well as for the physical chemistry laboratory. The goal is not only to develop the modules for in house use but to actually publish the modules so that they are available for other institutions to use.

Under Development: A second and more ambitious project in the ChemEd field is to nurture students as they experience different levels of research. Students interested in Physical Chemistry research under this project will be able to spend a quarter in residence at a Research Lab performing research at the Graduate Studies level after spending a quarter here at Cal Poly learning the basic techniques and theory behind laser pump-probe spectroscopy.