Andrés Durantini
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
College of Arts and Sciences
SW 3140 (Office) / SW 2015 (Laboratory)
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1652.
Tel: (618) 650-2363 (Office)
Fax: (618) 650-3556
E-mail: adurant@siue.edu
Education:
- Post-doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Canada
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina
Research Interests:
My research focuses on the development of alternative therapies to tackle infectious diseases. It is of our interest to: 1) study the mechanisms by which antibiotics and other molecules that induce cell death through oxidative damage influence bacterial motility (chemotaxis); 2) examine the role of phenotype in shaping bacterial resistance to diverse therapeutic modalities; and 3) fabricate photoactive self-sterilizing materials to mitigate the propagation of pathogens.
