Using theoretical methods, he investigated noncovalent self-assembly reactions with Rolf Gleiter, and peptide fragmentation used in mass spectrometry-based proteomics methods with Sándor Suhai. During his postdoctoral research with Michael T. Bowers (University of California, Santa Barbara) he investigated amyloid fibrils, protein deposits implicated in, for example, Alzheimer’s disease with ion mobility/mass spectrometry. His awards include an Alexander-von-Humboldt fellowship (2008–2010) and a Postdoctoral Research Award from the American Chemical Society (2011).