This NSF-funded project focuses on using in silico screening and cheminformatics to identify next-generation organic photoredox catalysts. These catalysts are low-cost and require mild reaction conditions, offering a possibility to replace Earth-rare metal catalysts (i.e., Pd and Pt).   The candidate should have a strong background in theoretical chemistry, and or organic chemistry with experience in managing collaborative efforts with experimentalists. The focus of the research will be to elucidate the mechanisms of light-promoted pericyclic cascade reactions. The candidate should be familiar with Density Functional Theory computations for molecular ground- and excited-state structures to deepen the understanding of electronic transitions in organic substrates and the role of substituent effects on reactivities and selectivities. More details here