Keynote and Symposium Invited Speakers

Tenative; last updated 4/17/15

More details will be posted as the meeting approaches; please check back.

Sunday, August 9th

Morning: Phytochemical and Plant “omics”

• Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf, National Research Council Canada, Moucton, New Brunswick
• Dean DellaPenna, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University

Afternoon: Phytochemical Lipids

• Kent Chapman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas
• Pradeep Kachroo, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky

Elsevier Award Speaker

• Nicole Clay, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University

Monday, August 10th

Morning: Phytochemical Biosynthesis

• Xiao-Ya Chen, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science
• Joe Chappell, Department of Plant & Soil Science, University of Kentucky.
• Cecelia McIntosh, Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University

Afternoon: Plant Insect Ecology

• May Berenbaum, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Walter S. Leal,  Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Califonia at Davis

Tuesday, August 11th

Morning: Chemical Ecology

• Jonathan Gershenzon, Department of Biochemistry, Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology
• Eric Schmelz, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego
• Jyoti Shah, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas

Afternoon: Botanical Medicines

• Richard van Breemen, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Ehab Abourashed, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chicago State University

Wednesday, August 12th

Morning: Nutritional Phytochemistry

• Mary Ann Lila, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University

Morning: Plant Natural Products

• Jack Juvik, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

Arthur Neish Young Scientist Award Speakers

• Martha Vaughan, USDA, ARS, Peoria, IL
• Abe Koo, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Missouri
• Philipp Zerbe, Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis