Ellen Kehres

Teaching

• Chemistry and the Citizen (Chem 100)
• Introduction to Chemistry (Chem 101)
• Physiological Chemistry (Chem 108)
• Chemistry for the Sciences I (Chem 115)
• Biochemistry Laboratory (Chem 341)

Research Interests

Investigating the biochemical functions of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in skin cancers by examining the possibility and mechanism in which PPAR expression and/or modulators (agonists/antagonists) can be can be combined with other known melanoma therapeutics as part of future chemotherapeutics.

Scholarship

• Borland, M.G., Kehres, E.M., Lee, C., Wagner, A.L., Shannon, B.E., Albrecht, P.P., Zhu, B., Lahoti, T.S., Gonzalez, F.J., and Peters, J.M. Inhibition of tumorigenesis by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-dependent cell cycle blocks in human skin carcinoma cells. Toxicology. 2018. 404-405: 25-32.
• Borland, M.G., Yao, P., Kehres, E.M., Lee, C., Pritzlaff, A.M., Ola, E., Wagner, A.L., Shannon, B.E., Albrecht, P.P, Zhu, B., Kang, B., Robertson, G.P., Gonzalez, F.G., and Peters, J.M. PPARβ/δ and PPARγ inhibit melanoma tumorigenicity by modulating inflammation and apoptosis. Toxicological Sciences. (2017). 159(2): 436-448. PMICD: 28962521. This was an Editor’s Highlight Article.

Service Activities

• Research Coordinator, cDNA Resource Center
• COST (College of Science and Technology) College Faculty Fellow - Communications
• Search and Screen Committee – Department of Chemistry
• APSCUF – elected Public Relations Committee
• Curriculum Committee – Department of Chemistry
• Sabbatical Committee – Department of Chemistry
• Space Renovation Committee – Department of Chemistry
• Placement Exam Committee – Department of Chemistry