My first research interest focuses on the pharmacological application of novel materials against chemoresistant cancers, radioresistant cancers, and HIV. This work centers on the synthesis of novel materials with additional testing against key biological markers to determine binding interaction against such proteins as TNF-a, reverse transcriptase, and proteases. Finally this work will use bioinformatics and computational chemistry to understand binding interactions inside biological systems.

Specifically:

1.   The synthesis of novel materials via microwave technology.

2.   Determining binding interactions of biologically active materials to specific molecular markers for possible drug interaction.

3.   Investigation of these interactions using bioinformatics and computational chemical techniques.