The Kim Research Group has been investigating new light-driven reactions to develop rapid synthesis to a variety of important bioisostere building blocks. Currently, we are especially interested in acyl and acetal radicals and their use in organic synthesis and their potential applications to new materials and pharmaceuticals.

Daniel grew up local to Philadelphia in Horsham, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry at Gettysburg College working with Professor Timothy Funk on Pd- and Fe-catalyzed oxidation reactions. In graduate school he gained valuable research experience with Professor Vy Dong working on Rh- and Co-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions at the University of California, Irvine. Daniel moved back across the country to join Professor Dave MacMillan at Princeton University as a postdoctoral research fellow working on photoredox-catalyzed bioconjugation reactions. He joined Temple's Research Faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2020 where he has initiated a research program developing new reagents to solve challenges in organic synthesis.