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Ercal Nuran

Professor and Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair in Biochemistry

  • Professor and Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair in Biochemistry, Chemistry
1988 …2022

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Dr. Nuran Ercal, professor of chemistry at Missouri University of Science and Technology and an expert in the study of lead toxicity and free radicals in biological systems, was named the Richard K. Vitek/Foundation for Chemical Research Endowed Chair in biochemistry at Missouri S&T in 2009.
 
Dr. Ercal began work at Missouri S&T as a research associate in 1990. In 1993 she was named assistant professor and associate professor in 1999. She was named professor of chemistry in 2005. Her research focuses on free radicals in biological systems, metal toxicity – particularly lead poisoning and its treatment with antioxidants – and the benefits of antioxidants in the treatment of free radical-related conditions like radiation, nicotine exposure, alcohol overuse and HIV proteins. Her more recent focus on ocular delivery of thiol antioxidants for the prevention of cataracts lead to an NIH AREA R15 grant award in 2019. 
 
Dr. Ercal earned an M.D. degree from Istanbul Medical Faculty in Turkey in 1981. In 1988, she earned a master of science degree in physiology from The Ohio State University. She earned a Ph.D. degree in physiology from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1990.

Contact Information

234 Schrenk Hall
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409-0010

(573) 341-6950
Fax:(573) 341-6033

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Education/Academic qualification

Ph. D. in Physiology, Hacettepe University

19881990

M.S. in Physiology, The Ohio State University

19851988

MD, Medicine, Istanbul University

19751981

External positions

Visiting Research Professor, Washington University in Saint Louis

Jan 1 2000Jan 1 2001

Research Interests

  • Biological thiols
  • Thiol detection by HPLC in biological samples
  • Oxidative stress related disorders
  • Effects of a novel thiol antioxidant on oxidative stress related disorders
  • Free radicals in biological systems
  • Method development for thiol analysis in biological samples
  • Benefits of thiol antioxidants oxidative stress-related conditions including Cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, and neurodegenerative disorders, medicinal drug-induced toxicity, metal toxicity (particularly lead), radiation exposure, alcohol overuse, and HIV

Disciplines

  • Chemistry

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