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

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.