My research focuses on characterizing high valent transition metal intermediates using spectroscopic techniques such as UV/Vis, EPR, rRaman, ESI-MS, (spectro)electrochemistry, and single crystal x-ray diffraction, along with advancing electrochemical technologies for oxygen evolving reaction and oxidation reactions. My long-term research objectives are to use my synthesis and spectroscopic skills to develop new designs that may stabilize high-valent metal intermediates relevant to metalloenzymes and understand the reaction mechanism by trapping high-valent reactive metal intermediates.