Paul Boudreau

Paul Boudreau is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy and Research Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy's Department of BioMolecular Sciences. He leads the Boudreau Lab, focusing on bacterial natural products and microbiome interactions. His research explores how bacteria utilize natural products to survive in complex environments, with projects on siderophores, cyanobacterial microbiomes, and bacterial lipids.

Education: Boudreau earned a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of California-San Diego (2015), following undergraduate studies at MIT in organic chemistry. Postdoctoral work included studies on the gut microbiome under Prof. Emily Balskus. He joined the University of Mississippi faculty in Oxford.

Research Interests: The lab's interdisciplinary approach combines genomics, metabolomics, and analytical chemistry to study bacterial natural products. Current projects include metal stress responses, cyanobacterial metabolites, and antibiotic discovery.

Labs & Teams: The Boudreau Lab is actively recruiting and emphasizes collaborative, community-oriented science. They employ techniques like whole-genome sequencing and LC-MS metabolomics. The lab also oversees the BioMolecular Sciences seminar series.