Marcy Balunas

Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Educational Background

• B.A. University of Rochester, Chemistry & Biology
• M.S. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Plant Ecology
• Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Pharmacognosy
• Postdoctoral Training: Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Smithsonian Tropical Research
  Institute, Marine Natural Products Chemistry

Research Interests

• Selectivity-based anti-parasitic and anti-cancer drug discovery from marine bacteria
• Synthetic modifications of natural product isolates
• Elicitation of silent biosynthetic pathways in cold-obligate and tunicate-associated bacteria