Richard Pollenz
Richard Pollenz
Professor
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Office: BSF 134
Phone: 813/974-1596
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Bio
Richard S. Pollenz earned a BS degree in Toxicology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1983 and a PhD in Cellular, Molecular and Structural Biology from Northwestern University in 1991. He has been a tenured faculty member at USF since 2000 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. Dr. Pollenz is currently serving USF as the Interim Associate Dean within the Graduate School. Dr. Pollenz’s laboratory focuses on aspects of molecular toxicology as they relate to gene regulation mediated by environmental contaminants. His lab has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high impact journals such as Molecular Pharmacology, Biochemical Pharmacology and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. His laboratory has been continually funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) since 1997.
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