Expertise

Areas of Specialty:

  • Lipid and membrane structure and function
    • Cellular membranes
    • Lipid chemistry and biochemistry
    • Lipid changes in plant stress responses
    • Lipid analysis by classical and mass spectrometry methods

Area(s) of Specialization:

  • Structure and function of cell membranes; Mass-spectrometry-based lipid analysis

Currently we are focused on understanding the function of oxidized and head-group-acylated membrane lipids during plant stress.

The focus of my research program since 2000 has been on the development of a quantitative, high-throughput, mass-spectrometry-based lipid profiling technology and the application of this technology to identify alterations in lipid metabolism that occur as results of signaling events and/or stress responses.


Subject area:

  • Genetics, Developmental, and Cell Biology


Research:

  • Biology – Studies the roles of lipid signaling and lipid metabolism in cancer

Her interests in plant lipids include oxidized lipids, head-group acylated lipids, and just about any usual or unusual complex lipids!

Past Affiliations

Professor, Division of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kansas (past)

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Communities
Biochemistry, Biological Science, Biophysics, Cellular Biochemistry, Physiology, Molecular Biochemistry, Human Anatomy, Physics
Degrees
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, Biological Chemistry, 1982
BS, University of Connecticut, Chemistry, 1976