News:
October 2025: Noah Van Dyke presented his research at The 76th Southeastern and 81st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2025). Congrats Noah!
April 2025: Jing Kai presented his poster at The Citadel Academic Excellence Day. Congrats Jing Kai!
March 2025: Proudly representing The Citadel at the Spring 2025 ACS Meeting! Michael presented his poster on the synthesis of imidazolidinones, while Dr. Do delivered a research talk on the synthesis of benzo-oxazinone derivatives.
January 2025: We are pleased to welcome cadet Noah Van Dyke as the newest member of our research group! Welcome aboard to the Do group!
December 2024: Great news! The Do group's first paper from the Citadel has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry!
https://x.com/JOC_OL/status/1872572380721119733
December 2024: Congratulations to Jillian on her early graduation and best of luck with her med school applications!
A big shoutout to Michael and Joshua for successfully defending their Chem 419 and 420 research presentations—well done!
September 2024: We are thrilled to officially welcome Jasmine Franklin and Jing-Kai Rutland to the team! Welcome aboard to the Do group!
May 2024: We are pleased to welcome Joshua Anyim to the Do group for his summer research under Wideman scholarship. Joshua will work on Green oxidation of C-H bonds and green synthesis of heterocyclic molecules. Welcome to the Do group, Joshua!
April 2024: Alongside our two "veterans," Michael Disilvestro and Jillian Aylsworth, the Do Group is excited to welcome three new members this year: Joshua Aynyim, Jasmine Franklin, and Jing-Kai Rutland! Joshua will start his research under SURE program/Wideman scholarship this summer while Jasmine and Jing-Kai will join the group in the Fall. Welcome to the Do group, folks!
April 4th, 2024: Isaiah Allgeyer presented his research at the Southern Regional Honors Conference, in Jacksonville, Florida. Congrats Isaiah!
April 1st, 2024: Great news! The Do group was awarded the Faculty Summer 2024 Provost Research Grant for our project titled “Green synthesis of potential biological active heterocyclic molecules”.
March 24th, 2024: Isaiah Allgeyer presented his research at the Citadel Academy of Science and Mathematics Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony. Congrats Isaiah!
December 15th, 2023: Great news, our proposal “Green oxidation of C-H bonds: A conceptual blueprint for an alternative utilization of methane and fossil fuels” has been selected for a 2023-24 Climatological Research Studies Grant!
December 08, 2024: Cole England, John Banner and Isaiah Allgeyer completed their Fall semester research at the Do group. Good luck with your future adventures, folks!
October 14th, 2023: Michael Disivestro presented his research at the SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Congrats Michael!
September 5th, 2023: We welcomed three juniors, Cole England, John Banner, Jillian Aylsworth and a senior Isaiah Allgeyer, joining the lab to do research with Dr. Do this semester. Welcome to the Do group!
August 21st: Michael presented his research at the poster session of the SURE program. Congrats Michael!
August 17th: Dr. Do presented a research talk at the 5th Asia Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences at Hochiminh city, Vietnam.
July 2023: Savanah finished her summer research at the Do group. Best wishes for your future path, Savannah!
May 15th, 2023: We're excited to welcome our first cadets, Savannah Fisher and Michael Disilvestro, joining the Do group for their summer research.
Savanah's research will be funded by Wideman scholarship and Michael's will be funded by The Citadel SURE program (The Citadel Summer Undergraduate Research Experience). Congrats Savanah and Michael!
Feb 2019: Our group first independent publication in EuJoc: Total Synthesis of Lophirone F Hexamethyl Ether
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201801827
Our group first "participation" at the ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting can be seen here:
Presenting our research on "sub-catalysis" in the first virtual ACS meeting 2021 via on demand oral sessions at
https://cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/9308/presentation/3834