معرفی
Shu-Yuan Cheng is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY), specializing in Toxicology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their research focuses on environmental toxins and their roles in neurodegenerative diseases, pharmacological mechanisms of anticancer drugs, and molecular pharmacology of drug abuse.
- Education: PhD in Toxicology from St. John's University, postdoctoral training at New York University School of Medicine and New York Medical College
- Courses taught: Environmental and Industrial Agents, Forensic Pharmacology, Analytical Toxicology, Molecular Biology, and Forensic Toxicology
Research interests include: studying dithiocarbamate compounds in Parkinson’s disease, identifying toxin-affected signaling pathways (NF-κB and Akt/mTOR), evaluating antioxidant therapies, elucidating Mitomycin C pharmacology, investigating dopamine transporter interactions in marijuana exposure, and analyzing anti-cancer compounds via proteomic methods.
Methodologies involve LC-MSMS for wastewater monitoring of illicit substances and molecular biology techniques.
