Center for Integrative Toxicology at Michigan State University

Joshua Kwekel

Photo of Graduate Programs in Toxiology student at Michigan State UniversityCooperating Doctoral Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

EITS Track: Toxicology

Education: B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University

Research Interests:
The in vivo effects of structurally diverse estrogenic endocrine disruptors, including steroids, drugs, natural products and environmental contaminants, on global gene expression using cDNA micro arrays in order to evaluate the cross-species extrapolation assumption used in drug safety evaluations and chemical risk assessments.

Major Professor: Timothy Zacharewski, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Contact: kwekeljo@msu.edu