Faculty Involvement and Their Active Research Focus
| Sonia Arora | Medicinal plants, ethnopharmacology, structural bioinformatics, computer aided drug design, nutraceuticals, natural products & human health |
| Joan Bennett | Mycotoxins; fungal genetics; physiological activity of fungal volatile organic compounds |
| Rong Di | Nutraceuticals; anti-diabetes, anti-obesity and anti-Alzheimer's effects of botanical extracts in C. elegans and mammalian cells; molecular mechanisms of toxins in C. elegans |
| Tom Gianfagna | Anti-diabetic effects and wound-healing properties of steroidal glycosides from Lilium longiflorum |
| Rodolfo Juliani | Plant-based products for human health; essential oils; quality control of botanicals, international development |
| Paul Meers | Identification, isolation, formulation of bacterial antifungals; extracellular vesicle biology; design of delivery systems; design and delivery of small RNAs for biofilm control. |
| Eric Lam | Engineering of plants to deliver small RNAs as antiviral therapeutics via ingestion; optimization of siRNA expression in edible plant tissues |
| John McLaughlin | Yeast genetics, plant pathology, trichothecene mycotoxins, ribosome inactivating proteins |
| Xiao-Ping Li | molecular action of ricin and shiga toxins and antidote development |
| Ilya Raskin | Discovery, characterization and development of botanical therapeutics for food, dietary supplements, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications; international bioexploration |
| Gina Sideli | Cranberries, polyphenolics, bioavailability and metabolism of polyphenolics, biomarkers |
| Jim Simon | Natural plant products and new uses of plants, medicinals and aromatics, sustainable collection and production of indigenous genetic resources; phytochemistry, international development |
| Lena Struwe | Traditional and contemporary ethnobotany; anti-malarials, medicinal plants; taxonomic botanical accuracy; vouchering and sourcing; Gentianaceae |
| Nilgun Tumer | Ribosome inactivating proteins and trichothecene mycotoxins, ricin, Shiga toxins and pokeweed antiviral protein |
| James White | endophytic fungi and their bioactive components |
| Quinli Wu | Natural products chemistry and plant medicine; phytopharmaceuticals; quality control; polyphenols, alkaloids; botanical authentication; analytical and synthetic chemistry |
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