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Welcome to the Ford Research Group at UC Santa Barbara. Our research is concerned with three topics: 1) new catalytic processes, especially of reactions relevant to biomass conversion; 2) the photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal complexes and the design of the photochemical pathways for the delivery of bioactive compounds to appropriate targets; and (3) the bioinorganic chemistry of nitric oxide and other small molecule bioregulators. While these topics sound rather diverse, the common theme is our interest in reaction mechanisms and in applications of quantitative techniques to investigate these systems.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Santa Barbara, California 93106 USA

e-mail: ford@chem.ucsb.edu

Department Phone: (805) 893-5675

Depatment Fax: (805) 893-4120

office: (805) 893-2443

Third Floor Lab: (805) 893-8469

Laser Lab: (805) 893-4732

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