S-Chelated ruthenium precatalysts for olefin metathesis:

• Latent thermo- and photoactivated precatalysts
• Understanding of latency mechanism
• Self-destructive latent catalysts

​​Advances in olefin metathesis:

• Dimer ring closing metathesis (DRCM)
• Olefin metathesis of bio-renewable materials
• Asymmetric olefin metathesis
• New monomers for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

​​Single-chain collapsed nanoparticles:

• Synthesis and characterization of mono- and bimetallic organometallic nanoparticles (ONPs)
• Understanding of mechanism of ONPs formation
• Applications of ONPs in catalys

Advances in macromolecular chemistry:

• Dendrimers with modifiable termini
• Dendritic catalysts
• Other supramolecular structures

​​Organic and organometallic chemistry:

• New reactions of thiols
• New organometallic complexes of late transition metals

Photochemistry in olefin metathesis:

• Development of chromatic orthogonality by "sunscreen effect"
• Application of "sunscreen effect" in synthetic chemistry