Dr. Seibert's current research interests include primary processes of and water-oxidation in oxygenic photosynthesis, structure and function of [Fe]-hydrogenases, molecular engineering of hydrogenases, expression profiling in green algae, and photobiological hydrogen production. He has published over 170 papers and review chapters in these fields, and holds 8 U.S. and foreign patents. He has served on numerous scientific review and advisory panels and received several awards in solar energy and hydrogen research. Dr. Seibert has been on the editorial boards of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology and "Advances in Solar Energy" since 1981 and the American Institute of Physics International series in Basic and Applied Biological Physics since 1994. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Society for Photobiology, the American Society of Plant Biologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Biophysical Society.