Contact Information

General Contact Information

The Linus Pauling Institute specializes in molecular nutrition research. We have experts on a number of different topics, including nutrition and dietary supplements (including the use of vitamins, minerals, and botanicals).

General inquiries can be sent through our online contact form or by calling 541-737-5075.

For communications related contacts, please email Joan Rutkowski at: Joan.Rutkowski@oregonstate.edu

Direct contact information for faculty and their areas of expertise are listed below.

Name	Areas of expertise
Joseph Beckman, PhD Principal Investigator Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Chair in Healthspan Research Margaret W. Terrill Linus Pauling Research Innovator Faculty Scholar	ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), superoxide dismutase, motor neuron diseases, oxidative/nitrative stress
Gerd Bobe, PhD, MPH Principal Investigator	Colorectal cancer, cancer prevention & diet, legumes, nutritional epidemiology
Adrian Gombart, PhD Principal Investigator	Vitamin D, immune function, inflammation, infectious diseases
Tory Hagen, PhD Principal Investigator Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Healthy Aging Research	Healthy aging, lipoic acid, L-carnitine, mitochondria
Emily Ho, PhD Endowed Chair and Director	Cancer prevention & diet, zinc, cruciferous vegetables, whole foods
Donald Jump, PhD Principal Investigator	Fish oil, omega-3 fats, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fat metabolism
Kathy Magnusson, PhD, DVM Principal Investigator	Healthy aging, memory, neuroscience
Maria Purice, PhD Principal Investigator	Healthy aging, glia-neuron interactions, transcriptomics, C. elegans
Fred Stevens, PhD Principal Investigator	Phytochemicals, xanthohumol, metabolic syndrome, vitamin C
Maret Traber, PhD Principal Investigator Ava Helen Pauling Chair	Vitamin E, nutrition, metabolic syndrome, nutrient bioavailability
Richard van Breemen, PhD Principal Investigator	Phytochemicals, natural products, botanicals, mass spectrometry
Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer, PhD Principal Investigator	Healthy aging, neurodegeneration, fruit flies
David Williams, PhD Principal Investigator Helen P. Rumbel Professor for Cancer Prevention	Cancer prevention & diet, cruciferous vegetables, transplacental cancer prevention
Micronutrient Information Center Online Information Outreach Program LPI.MIC@oregonstate.edu	General inqueries on micronutients and phytochemicals
Arup Indra, PhD Affiliate Faculty	Inflammation, skin health, melanoma, drug discovery
Siva Kolluri, PhD Affiliate Faculty	Cancer biology, cancer drug discovery
Claudia Maier, PhD Affiliate Faculty	Molecular analysis, stress response, proteins, mass spectrometry
Robyn Tanguay, PhD Affiliate Faculty	Molecular and systems toxicology, zebrafish, environmental health sciences
Nathan Mortimer, PhD Affiliate Faculty	Venom biochemistry, inflammation, fruit flies

For other experts at OSU, please contact the OSU News and Research Communications team.