Education:
B.S., Biochemistry, Coastal Carolina University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Emory University
Areas of interest:
I am interested in using organic chemistry to construct natural products (molecules found in nature) with interesting bioactivities and modifying these molecules to improve their innate properties.
Courses taught:
- CHM-201/202: Organic Chemistry I and II lecture and lab (CHM-201/202)
- COR-400: Science and Human Nature.
Honors and awards:
- Quayle Teacher Scholar Award
Publications:
Gross, P.; Im, H.; Laws III, D.; Park, B.; Baik, M-H.; Blakey, S. “Enantioselective Aziridination of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes Using a Planar Chiral Rh(III) Indenyl Catalyst” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 2, 1447 – 1454. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10637
Laws III, D.; Poff, C.D.; Heyboer, E.M.; Blakey, S.B. “Synthesis, Stereochemical Assignment, and Enantioselective Catalytic Activity of Late Transition Metal Planar Chiral Complexes” Chemical Society Review 2023, 52, 6003 – 6030.
Laws III, D.; Plouch, E.; Blakey, S.B. “Synthesis of Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptides Ccontaining C-C crosslinks” Journal of Natural Products. 2022, 85, 10, 2519 – 2539. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00508.
Laws III, D.; King, D; Wakefield, B.H.; “Progress toward phidianidine analogues containing a 1,2,3-triazole ring” Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science. 2017, 15, 3.
