Faculty

Faculty involvement and their active research focus:

Sonia Arora	Medicinal plants, ethnopharmacology, structural bioinformatics, computer aided drug design, nutraceuticals, natural products & human health
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
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