Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy

Pyrrole is an attractive component of materials used in studying and treating disease and in the use of light to generate responses that report sensing or enable storage/delivery of energy. Dr. Thompson's research includes the development of sensors to monitor glucose levels in humans, of air-stable enzymes involved in biosynthesis and of materials for redox-flow batteries. It includes generating fundamental knowledge of (poly)pyrroles that emit light from the red into the infrared. Underpinning all of these is the development of practical syntheses of molecules incorporating pyrroles, syntheses which are robust, economical and tolerant of a wide variety of substituents.