Area of research
Molecular Biology · Biomaterials
Research interest
Research interests include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.
Photochemical synthesis of natural lipids in artificial and living cells
Abiotic lipid metabolism enables membrane plasticity in artificial cells
Protocells by spontaneous reaction of cysteine with short-chain thioesters
Lipids: chemical tools for their synthesis, modification, and analysis
Lipid sponge droplets as programmable synthetic organelles
A minimal biochemical route towards de novo formation of synthetic phospholipid membranes
In Situ Vesicle Formation by Native Chemical Ligation