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 emailed to [email protected], or call 541-737-5075.
For communications related contacts, please email Joan Rutkowski at: [email protected]
Direct contact information for faculty and their areas of expertise are listed below.
Media Contacts by Areas of Expertise
Topics include: ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), superoxide dismutase, motor neuron diseases, oxidative/nitrative stress, Colorectal cancer, cancer prevention & diet, legumes, nutritional epidemiology, Vitamin D, immune function, inflammation, infectious diseases, Healthy aging, lipoic acid, L-carnitine, mitochondria, zinc, cruciferous vegetables, whole foods, Fish oil, omega-3 fats, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fat metabolism, memory, neuroscience, neurodegeneration, fruit flies, Phytochemicals, xanthohumol, metabolic syndrome, vitamin C, Vitamin E, nutrition, nutrient bioavailability, natural products, botanicals, mass spectrometry, transplacental cancer prevention, skin health, melanoma, drug discovery, Cancer biology, Molecular analysis, stress response, proteins, Molecular and systems toxicology, zebrafish, environmental health sciences, and Venom biochemistry.
Joseph Beckman, PhD
Principal Investigator
Margaret W. Terrill Linus Pauling Research Innovator Faculty Scholar
Topic: ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), superoxide dismutase, motor neuron diseases, oxidative/nitrative stress
Gerd Bobe, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Topic: Colorectal cancer, cancer prevention & diet, legumes, nutritional epidemiology
Adrian Gombart, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Vitamin D, immune function, inflammation, infectious diseases
Tory Hagen, PhD
Principal Investigator
Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Healthy Aging Research
Topic: Healthy aging, lipoic acid, L-carnitine, mitochondria
Emily Ho, PhD
Endowed Chair and Director
Topic: Cancer prevention & diet, zinc, cruciferous vegetables, whole foods
Donald Jump, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Fish oil, omega-3 fats, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fat metabolism
Siva Kolluri, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Cancer biology, cancer drug discovery
Kathy Magnusson, PhD, DVM
Principal Investigator
Topic: Healthy aging, memory, neuroscience
Maria Purice, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Healthy aging, glia-neuron interactions, transcriptomics, C. elegans
Thomas J. Sharpton, PhD
Jamieson Endowed Chair in Healthspan Research
Topic: Gut microbiome and health, chronic disease and aging, gut-brain axis, computational and data science, artificial intelligence
Fred Stevens, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Phytochemicals, xanthohumol, metabolic syndrome, vitamin C
Maret Traber, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Vitamin E, nutrition, metabolic syndrome, nutrient bioavailability
Richard van Breemen, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Phytochemicals, natural products, botanicals, mass spectrometry
Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer, PhD
Principal Investigator
Topic: Healthy aging, neurodegeneration, fruit flies
David Williams, PhD
Principal Investigator
Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Cancer Prevention
Topic: Cancer prevention & diet, cruciferous vegetables, transplacental cancer prevention
Micronutrient Information Center
Online Information Outreach Program
Topic: General inquiries on micronutients and phytochemicals
Arup Indra, PhD
Affiliate Faculty
Topic: Inflammation, skin health, melanoma, drug discovery
Claudia Maier, PhD
Affiliate Faculty
Topic: Molecular analysis, stress response, proteins, mass spectrometry
Nathan Mortimer, PhD
Affiliate Faculty
Topic: Venom biochemistry, inflammation, fruit flies
Robyn Tanguay, PhD
Affiliate Faculty
Topic: Molecular and systems toxicology, zebrafish, environmental health sciences