Marianna Torok

Marianna Torok is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She leads the Biomedical Chemistry Research Lab (ISC-3550), focusing on projects linking chemistry to human health, particularly oxidative stress, amyloid formation, and therapeutic development for Alzheimer's disease and preeclampsia.

• Education: PhD in Chemistry from the University of Szeged, Hungary
• Research Themes: Design of bioactive molecules, redox modulation, green chemical approaches, and mechanisms of amyloid self-assembly
• Techniques: Atomic force microscopy, spin label ESR spectroscopy, computational modeling, and high-pressure synthesis

The lab's recent work emphasizes multitarget antioxidant therapies for preeclampsia, organofluorine hydrazones for amyloid inhibition, and environmentally benign synthetic methods. Publications highlight structure-activity relationships (SAR) of small molecules and their effects on protein aggregation pathways.

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Laboratory members and students are not listed, though the lab actively engages in interdisciplinary research bridging chemistry, biology, and pharmacology.