Martin Centurion, Carl A. Happold Professor of Physics and Astronomy, leads a team investigating the parameters that govern electrocyclic reactions, a class of reactions that plays an important role in nature and has many commercial applications, such as pharmaceutical synthesis. Using multiple experimental techniques, including time-resolved probing methods and advanced theoretical modeling, the team aims to develop general rules that can be applied to understand and predict the outcome of these reactions. The project is advancing both basic and applied chemical research and enables students and postdoctoral researchers to gain experience with multiple experimental methods.
