Andrés Durantini
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
College of Arts and Sciences
SW 3140 (Office) / SW 2015 (Laboratory)
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1652.
Tel: (618) 650-2363 (Office)
Fax: (618) 650-3556
E-mail: adurant@siue.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina
Research Interests:
My research focuses on understanding how antibiotics and other molecules that induce cell death through a common oxidative damage mechanism affect bacterial motility (chemotaxis) and the subsequent biofilm stages, such as maturation and dispersal. I am also interested in developing photoactive self-sterilizing materials to diminish the spreading of infectious diseases caused by drug-resistant microbes.
