Valerian Kagan, PhD, DSc

  • Professor
  • Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Education & Training

  • PhD in Biochemistry, Biophyscis, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
  • MS in Biochemistry, Biophysics, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
  • BS in Biochemistry, Biophysics, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Research Interests

  • Oxidative stress, antioxidants, tissue and cell acute and chronic injury
  • “Oxidative Lipidomics” and investigations of cell death mechanisms
  •  Pathways through which enzymes of oxidative metabolism participate in the production of specific oxygenated lipid molecules that act as signals triggering cell death program as well as mechanisms involved in clearance of damaged or dead cells
  • Mechanisms of radiation injury, inflammation, and immune responses