Research Interest   Organic and Organosilicon Chemistry   Organic reaction mechanisms: Reactive intermediates, in particular carbenium ions; strained molecules.   Organosilicon chemistry: Multiple bonds to silicon; polysilanes, silylenes and silicenium ions; enzymatic reactions of organosilicon compounds.   Computational chemistry: Application of theory, in particular ab initio quantum mechanical methods, to organic chemistry and bio-organic molecules; molecular modeling.