My research is in the broad areas of supramolecular chemistry and coordination chemistry, and in particular in areas where these fields overlap with biological chemistry, lipid bilayer membrane chemistry and molecular nanotechnology. Recent discoveries include synthetic coordination complexes for transducing and amplifying chemical signals across lipid bilayer membranes in order remote-control catalysis inside artificial cells; halogen bonding transmembrane anion transporters and photo-responsive supramolecular ion carriers for reversible regulation of transmembrane ion transport. By combining expertise and techniques from synthetic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and biophysical chemistry, the aim is to develop new responsive molecular devices to control chemistry in nanoscale bio-inspired systems.