Research Areas
- Environmental neurotoxicant exposures and their links to Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Prion Diseases (emphasis on Mad Cow disease)
- Characterize neurotoxins of parasitic worms for application as parasiticides
- Pathogenesis and mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, stroke, retinal degeneration, and storage diseases
- Applications and toxicology of nanoparticles in nervous system
- Development of neuroprotective strategies and neuroscience technologies