Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Loesgen, Whitney Laboratory Associate Professor of Chemistry, who has received promotion to Full Professor from the University of Florida!
This promotion reflects Dr. Loesgen's distinguished work in teaching, research and service and is a wonderful and well-deserved academic achievement! Thank you for your dedication to your students, lab members, the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and the University of Florida.
Dr. Sandra Loesgen is focused on understanding the diversity and bioactivity of the chemicals produced by microorganisms. She employs a multi-disciplinary approach to isolate compounds produced by terrestrial and marine microbes to identify chemicals with functions in the microbiome and the ecosystem but also can serve as drug leads for medical applications. Recent projects in the Loesgen lab have surveyed the chemicals produced by endophytic fungi and rare actinomycetes and have yielded several novel and highly active compounds with anti-cancer, antibacterial, and neuro-activity. Ongoing research examines the chemicals produced by microbial strains derived from various marine environments, the chemistry of inter-species symbioses, and the pharmacology of newly identified compounds.
Dr. Loesgen has University of Florida Gainesville campus affiliations in the Chemistry Department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and in Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. She is also an Affiliated Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy.