General Contact Information

The Linus Pauling Institute specializes in molecular nutrition research. We have experts on a number of different topics, including nutrition and dietary supplements (including the use of vitamins, minerals, and botanicals).

General inquiries can be sent through our online contact form or by calling 541-737-5075.
Please note: with COVID-19 restrictions, limited staff are available to respond to phone inquiries.

For communications related contacts, please call or email Alexander Michels at:
541-737-8730 or [email protected]


Direct contact information for faculty and their areas of expertise are listed below. 

Name

Areas of expertise

Alexander Michels, PhD
Research Coordinator and Communications Officer
541-737-8730
[email protected]

Vitamin C, clinical trials, inquiries on micronutrients and phytochemicals

Joseph Beckman, PhD
Principal Investigator
Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Chair in Healthspan Research
Margaret W. Terrill Linus Pauling Research Innovator Faculty Scholar
541-737-8867
[email protected]

ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), superoxide dismutase, motor neuron diseases, oxidative/nitrative stress

Gerd Bobe, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
541-737-1898
[email protected] 

Colorectal cancer, cancer prevention & diet, legumes, nutritional epidemiology

Adrian Gombart, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-8018
[email protected]

Vitamin D, immune function, inflammation, infectious diseases

Melissa Haendel, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-5075
[email protected]

Translational science

Tory Hagen, PhD
Principal Investigator
Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Healthy Aging Research

541-737-5083
[email protected]

Healthy aging, lipoic acid, L-carnitine, mitochondria

Emily Ho, PhD
Endowed Chair and Director
541-737-9559
[email protected]

Cancer prevention & diet, zinc, cruciferous vegetables, whole foods

Donald Jump, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-4007
[email protected] 

Fish oil, omega-3 fats, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fat metabolism

Kathy Magnusson, PhD, DVM
Principal Investigator
541-737-6923
[email protected]

Healthy aging, memory, neuroscience

Viviana Pérez, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-9551
[email protected]

Healthy aging, protein homeostasis, cellular sensesence, rapamycin

Fred Stevens, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-9534
[email protected]

Phytochemicals, xanthohumol, metabolic syndrome, vitamin C

Maret Traber, PhD
Principal Investigator
Ava Helen Pauling Chair

541-737-7977
[email protected]

Vitamin E, nutrition, metabolic syndrome, nutrient bioavailability

Richard van Breemen, PhD
Principal Investigator
541-737-9534
[email protected]

Phytochemicals, natural products, botanicals, mass spectrometry

David Williams, PhD
Principal Investigator
Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Cancer Prevention
541-737-3277
[email protected]

Cancer prevention & diet, cruciferous vegetables, transplacental cancer prevention

Micronutrient Information Center
Online Information Outreach Program
[email protected]

General inqueries on micronutients and phytochemicals

Arup Indra, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
541-737-5775
[email protected]

Inflammation, skin health, melanoma, drug discovery

Siva Kolluri, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
541-737-1799
[email protected]

Cancer biology, cancer drug discovery

Claudia Maier, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
541-737-9533
[email protected]

Molecular analysis, stress response, proteins, mass spectrometry

Robyn Tanguay, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
541-737-6514
[email protected]

Molecular and systems toxicology, zebrafish, environmental health sciences

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