Gabriel W Rangel

Gabriel W Rangel is an Assistant Research Professor in the Llinás Lab at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on malaria metabolism, drug resistance mechanisms, and global health interventions. He explores antimalarial drug targets using metabolomics, investigates Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum pathogenesis, and develops experimental systems for studying parasite-host interactions.

Research Interests:

• Malaria parasite metabolism and drug resistance
• Antimalarial drug discovery via metabolomics and natural products
• Global health strategies for malaria control
• Plasmodium vivax invasion mechanisms and reticulocyte tropism
• Cell culture models for parasitology research

His recent work highlights innovative approaches such as metabolite profiling of Artemisia extracts, identification of PfCRT mutations influencing drug resistance, and development of machine learning tools for biological image analysis. He actively collaborates on projects addressing challenges in ex vivo malaria culture systems and public health service delivery optimization.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Advising & Grants: No student advisees or grant details provided in the text. Active lab collaborations include the Llinás Lab's malaria research programs.

Labs/Teams: Primary affiliation with the Llinás Lab, a leading malaria research group at Penn State focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms of parasite survival and pathogenesis.