UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
center for Botanical Interaction studies

people

Dennis Lubahn
Center Director
Leader Project 1: Botanicals Targeting Signaling Pathways that Prevent Prostate Cancer
Co-Leader Nutrition/Animal Core

Faculty

Wendy Applequist
Leader Botanical/Plant Genomics Core (Missouri Botanical Garden)

Jim Browning, Jr.
Research Specialist Project 3: Antioxidant Botanicals and Antimicrobial Defenses
Research Specialist Nutrition/Animal Core

Jianlin (Jack) Cheng
Co-Investigator Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Jiankun Cui
Co-Investigator Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

William (Bill) Folk
Associate Center Director
Co-Investigator Project 3: Antioxidant Botanicals and Antimicrobial Defenses

Kevin Fritsche
Leader Project 3: Antioxidant Botanicals and Antimicrobial Defenses
Leader Nutrition/Animal Core

Michael Greenlief
Co-leader Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Zezong Gu
Co-Investigator Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia
Co-Investigator Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Mark Hannink
Co-Investigator Project 1: Botanicals Targeting Signaling Pathways to Prevent Prostate Cancer
Co-Investigator Project 3: Antioxidant Botanicals and Antimicrobial Defenses

Christal Huber
Research Specialist Project 1: Botanicals Targeting Signaling Pathways that Prevent Prostate Cancer
Research Specialist Nutrition/Animal Core

William Lamberson
Co-Investigator Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Mark McIntosh
Leader Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Valeri Mossine
Co-Investigator Project 1: Botanicals Targeting Signaling Pathways that Prevent Prostate Cancer

Henry Nguyen
Co-Investigator Botanical/Plant Genomics Core (National Center for Soybean Biotechnology)

George Rottinghaus
Leader Analytical Chemistry Core

Dong liang Ruan
Postdoc Fellow Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Shrikesh (Rick) Sachdev
Research Scientist Project 3: Antioxidant Botanicals and Antimicrobial Defenses

Wenwen Sheng
Postdoc Fellow Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

Chi-Ren Shyu
Co-Investigator Interactions Core: Mega-sequencing, Proteomics, Informatics and Nitrosylation

Agnes Simonyi
Co-Leader Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

Albert Sun
Co-Investigator Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

Grace Sun
Leader Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

Andrew Thomas
Co-Investigator Botanical/Plant Genomics Core (Southwest Center)

Babu Valliyodan
Co-Investigator Botanical/Plant Genomics Core (National Center for Soybean Biotechnology)
Co-Investigator Analytical Chemistry Core

Cindy Besch-Williford
Co-Investigator Project 1: Botanicals Targeting Signaling Pathways that Prevent Prostate Cancer

Chunyang Zhang
Lab Technician Project 2: Botanical Phenolics Targeting Oxidative/Nitrosative Signaling Pathways: Implication for Cerebral Ischemia

Staff

Debbie Blaisdell
Administrative Assistant