Our research focuses on the development of efficient and selective homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reactions for the construction of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, with application to the late-stage functionalization of complex organic molecules.

Our research is focused at development of sustainable organic synthesis through the use of hypervalent iodine chemistry.

Our research focus is sustainable fuel production, especially hydrogen

We use quantum chemical methods to study reaction mechanisms of both homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis.

The research is focused on structure of glycans and their interactions with proteins. To study these biologically active sugar molecules we carry out chemical synthesis and use NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to analyze them.

An important part of the research is focused on the use of heterogeneous catalysts where the catalytic units (metal and / or enzyme) are immobilized on different types of support materials such as mesoporous silica materials or microcrystalline cellulose.

The team’s main focus is to valorize biobased residues and design of circular products.

The main interest of the Szabó group is development of selective synthesis using transition-metal catalysis and organocatalysis targeting mainly fluorine and boron containing organic molecules.

We medicinal chemists design and synthesize new compounds to accelerate academic drug discovery projects.

Stereoselective synthesis is a crucial process in organic chemistry and is extremely important in the field of pharmaceuticals, as the different enantiomers or diastereomers of a molecule often have different biological activity.

Catalysis for sustainable organic chemistry and materials science.