Hsung typically publishes in Organic Letters, the most highly cited organic chemistry journal in the world, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), the premier organic chemistry journal of ACS.

The Pharmaceutical Sciences Division of the School of Pharmacy is comprised of three groups: drug discovery, drug action, and drug delivery. As part of the drug discovery group, Hsung’s research program has been focusing on developing new building blocks and methods amenable to rapid and economical assembly of structurally complex organic compounds. These chemical entities are either naturally occurring or de novo synthetically, and possess a diverse array of interesting biological activities as well as medicinal values, including anti-dementia potentials.

More specifically, his research has concentrated on developing cycloaddition and annulation approaches to natural product total syntheses and stereoselective methods using allenamides, ynamides, enamides, and cyclic acetals.