{"id":9,"date":"2021-11-10T20:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:17:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-left: 5px solid #b5121b;padding: 8px 0 8px 24px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\">Green Lab<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Organic and organoboron chemistry at SUNY Cortland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We investigate how molecular structure controls bonding, light absorption, and fluorescence. Led by Dr. Julius Green I, our lab combines organic synthesis, spectroscopy, and computational chemistry to develop boron-containing molecules and understand their electronic behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/research\/\">Explore our research<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/publications\/\">View publications \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Our research<\/h2>\n<h3>Bonding and pseudoaromaticity<\/h3>\n<p>We study how the N\u2013B\u2013N motif and molecular geometry influence electron delocalization, connecting local bonding with aromatic behavior across a ring.<\/p>\n<h3>Light-responsive molecules<\/h3>\n<p>We synthesize benzodiazaborole derivatives and investigate how substituents, solvents, and molecular interactions shape their absorption and fluorescence.<\/p>\n<h3>DNA and RNA recognition<\/h3>\n<p>We explore boron-containing scaffolds as nucleic acid binders, connecting molecular design with binding behavior and optical response.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Undergraduate research<\/h2>\n<p>Undergraduates participate in every stage of our research\u2014from designing and synthesizing molecules to interpreting experimental and computational results. Students build skills in scientific reasoning, collaboration, and communicating their discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in joining the lab or discussing a collaboration?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/contact\/\">Get in touch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Lab Organic and organoboron chemistry at SUNY Cortland We investigate how molecular structure controls bonding, light absorption, and fluorescence. Led by Dr. Julius Green I, our lab combines organic synthesis, spectroscopy, and computational chemistry to develop boron-containing molecules and understand their electronic behavior. Explore our research View publications \u2192 Our research Bonding and pseudoaromaticity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/green\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}