Photocatalysis that stores solar energy in the form of covalent bonds in fuels is also of particular interest. In this regard, iodide oxidation continues to be the focus of much basic research as the electrons abstracted from iodide can be used to generate fuels from water or CO2. In future work, we will expand these studies to water oxidation through the UNC-EFRC. Specific emphasis will be placed on inventing new photo-chemistry where excited state electron transfer and chemical bond formation occur in one concerted step. Research Interests Synthetic chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Electrochemistry