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Collaborating Researchers
- Margo Haygood, Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University.
- Dr. Haygood is an expert in microbial symbioses in the ocean.
- Jacques Ravel, Assistant Investigator, The Institute for Genomic Research
- Dr. Ravel is a genome sequencing expert and has been involved in many studies of natural products biosynthesis.
- Diaa Youssef, Chair of Pharmacognosy, Suez Canal University
- Dr. Youssef is an expert in structure elucidation and natural products chemistry.
Natural Products Research at the Univesity of Utah
The University of Utah is home to many researchers focusing on natural products, including biosynthesis, structure elucidation, total synthesis, chemical ecology, pharmacology, and more. Below is a partial list.
- Louis Barrows, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Natural products pharmacology, drug discovery, plant natural products
- Phyllis Coley, Professor of Biology
- Chemical ecology and bioprospecting with tropical plants
- Chris Ireland, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
- Marine natural products structure elucidation, pharmacology, and drug discovery
- Gary Keck, Professor of Chemistry
- Synthesis of natural products
- Tom Kursar, Professor of Biology
- Physiology and chemical defense of tropical trees
- Baldomero Olivera, Professor of Biology
- Cone snail venoms: structures, mechanisms. Ion channels and receptors
- Dale Poulter, Professor of Chemistry
- Biosynthesis of natural products, especially isoprene / terpene metabolites
- Jon Rainier, Professor of Chemistry
- Synthesis of natural products
- Eric Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
- Biosynthesis, marine symbiosis, genetic modification of natural products
