Selected Publications
B.S., Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina Biology, 1970
M.S., University of Texas, Austin, Botany (Phytochemistry), 1977
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, Botany (Phytochemistry), 1980
Post-Doctorate, University of Arizona, Office of Arid Lands Studies, 1981-1986, Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1982-1986
Regents Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, 1987- 2005
University
Distinguished Professor and Chair, University of Kansas, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2005-present
Research Interests
Natural products chemistry from plants including phenolics, terpenoids, alkaloids, phytoestrogens; medicinal importance of the compounds including estrogenic, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-TB properties; NMR, MS and UV spectroscopy; HPLC and other chromatographic methods; metabolic pathway enzymes; chemical and molecular phylogeny and systematics; biodiversity prospecting for drug discovery; safety and efficacy studies of botanical dietary supplements.
Research Staff
Have supervised more than twenty; directed close to fifty post-doctorates and about one hundred students to Doctors and Masters degrees, undergraduate and professional students and researchers.
Instruction
PCOL 837 A, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
PCOL 837 B, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
PCOL 870, Phytomedicine
PCOL 820, Case Studies in Pharmacology
PCOL 821, Case Studies in Pharmacology
PHSC 632, Natural Medicinal Products
PLS 541, Economic Botany of Arid Lands
PCOL 195, Of People Plants and Medicine
Awards/Honors/Activities
University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, May 2005
Regents Professor, University of Arizona, February 2000
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 02/2000
National Institutes of Health (NIH/NCCAM), National Advisory Council Member, 2001-2005.
Director: International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Program (1993-2005); Arizona Center for Phytomedicine Research (2000-present); Minority International Research Training (MIRT) Project (2000-2005); University Development Linkages Program USA-Chile (1993-2000)
Member, Executive and Scientific Advisory Committees: AAAS Western Hemisphere Cooperation Program (1992-2002)
Member, International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development, Biotic Exploration Fund, (2005-present)
Member Editorial Boards: Journal of Natural Products,2002-present
Chairman Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2005-present
Research Support as PI: National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of Agriculture (USDA); US Agency for International Development (USAID); The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Tinker Foundation; Arizona Disease Control Research Commission; various pharmaceutical and chemical corporate grants.
Selected Publications
For a list of
selected publications, please click
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For More Information, Please Contact:
Dr. Barbara N. Timmermann
University
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr.
4070 Malott Hall
Tel: 785-864-4844
FAX: 785-864-5326
Email: btimmer@ku.edu
