Exploiting Natures Potential
Revolutionizing health research with natural discoveries.
Team
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Our growing interdisciplinary team consists of dedicated experts in microbiology, natural product chemistry, and bioengineering.
Former Members
Dr. Chris Cartmell
Principle Investigator
Dr. Chris Cartmell is an interdisciplinary natural product chemist within the Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, specializing in discovery of bioactive small molecules from extremophilic microbes. He is a member of the Applied NanoBioscence and Medicine, the Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction, and the University of Arizona Cancer Center
(520) 626-2559
Dr. Tim Chavez
Former Graduate Research Assistant
Current Postdoc at UTMB - The Camacho-Hernandez Lab
Michael Okine
Graduate Research Assistant
Michael Okine is a Graduate Research Assistant, focusing on the synthesis of bioactive marine natural product analogues.
(520) 626-2559
Riley Greenleaf
Undergraduate Researcher
Riley Greenleaf is an Undergraduate researcher focusing on the development of microfluidic approaches for the activation of silent natural products
(520) 626-2559
Nabhan Fakrudin
Graduate Research Assistant - Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine
Nabhan Fakrudin is a graduate researcher working out of the center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix campus. His work within the Cartmell lab focuses on the development of optical devices enabling high-throughput screening of natural products
