Our researchers undertake mechanistic studies natural photosynthetic and bio-inspired synthetic systems that play a role in energy transfer and conversion, through the development and application of imaging techniques to visualize atomic, molecular, and electronic structural level phenomena.

Kern's main emphasis is on understanding the mechanism of light-driven water oxidation in Photosystem II, a large membrane protein present in all organisms that conduct oxygenic photosynthesis.

 Graham Fleming A person with salt-and-pepper hair and beard wearing glasses peers into the eyepiece of an immunofluorescence microscope at a sample of mouse brain tissue.