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Our research interests span a wide range of inorganic main group and organometallic chemistry. In the more fundamental projects, new reactivity and chemical transformations are targeted with a view to developing new catalysts to either new materials or new processes. In addition, collaborations with industry address the design and development of new catalyst and process technologies for use in commercial applications. These activities are supported by NSERC and industrial collaborators.  

Current fundamental projects are focused in the areas:

· The reactivity of  "frustrated Lewis pairs"
· B-based hydrogenation catalysis
· Main group CO2 chemistry
· P-based Lewis acids
· Transition metal mediated CO2 reduction
· New ligands derived from FLP chemistry

Current industrial/applied research projects are directed towards:

· High temperature olefin polymerization catalysis
· New approaches to olefin hydrogenation catalysts
· New olefin metathesis catalysts

Current Research support is derived from:

· Canada Research Chair
· Canada Council for the Arts - Killam Foundation
· GreenCentre Canada
· LANXESS
· NSERC Biomaterials & Chemical Network
· NSERC-CRD (LANXESS)
· NSERC Discovery Grant
· NSERC I2I
· NSERC RTI
· NSERC SRO
· NSERC Strategic
· OCE (LANXESS)
· SABIC
· University of Toronto