Our research explores new paths of converting chemical waste products (e.g., PFAS, CO2), biomass, and common chemical feedstocks by combining thermal and electrochemistry to produce value-added chemicals without emitting CO2. These transformations revolve around the activation of oxygen species (e.g., H2O, O2, etc.), in which our lab seeks to disentangle the elementary steps and interconnected reaction networks that determine these transformations. To achieve these aims, we construct high-throughput flow reactors to determine reaction kinetics, use operando spectroscopy to identify proposed reaction intermediates, and develop models that relate material properties to their kinetic and thermodynamic properties, guiding the design of new catalysts.