Steven Van Lanen, PhD
Connect
Office: (859) 323-6271svanlanen@uky.edu
Office: 321 TODD Building
Positions
- Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Other Affiliation(s)
- Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics - Adjunct Faculty
Research
Dr. Van Lanen’s research is centered on identifying and characterizing the biosynthetic pathways for bioactive natural products that have unknown or distinct modes of action relative to clinically-used drugs. Natural products currently being investigated include peptidyl nucleoside antibiotics with antifungal or antibacterial activity and sideromycins, or hybrid siderophore-antibiotics.