Marcy Balunas
Joint Appointee, Assistant Professor
Education
- Postdoctoral Training: Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Marine Natural Products Chemistry - Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Pharmacognosy
- M.S. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Plant Ecology
- B.A. University of Rochester, Chemistry & Biology
Research Interests
- Selectivity-based anti-parasitic and anti-cancer drug discovery from marine bacteria
- Synthetic modifications of natural product isolates
- Elicitation of silent biosynthetic pathways in cold-obligate and tunicate-associated bacteria
| marcy.balunas@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 486-3051 |
| Fax | (860) 486-6857 |
| Mailing Address | University of Connecticut Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences 69 N. Eagleville Rd Storrs, CT 06269 |
| Office Location | PBB-630 |