Meden F. Isaac-Lam, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry

Introduction

Meden F. Isaac-Lam teaches organic chemistry, biochemistry and general chemistry. Her research is in drug therapeutics for cancer, calorie restriction, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, plastic degradation, environmental protection and STEM education.

Research Overview

• Development and discovery of drug therapeutics for photodynamic therapy as cancer treatment and neurodegenerative diseases
• Use of MRI/MRS (magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy to study brain diseases and disorders
• Understanding the effect of calorie restriction in human health

Select Publications

• Isaac-Lam MF. Chlorin Conjugates in Photodynamic Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Pharmaceuticals. 2024; 17: 576. Doi:10.3390/ph17050576.
• Isaac-Lam MF, DeMichael KM. Calorie restriction and breast cancer treatment: a mini-review. J. Mol. Med. 2022, 100, 1095-1109. Doi: 10.1007/s00109-022-02226-y.
• Isaac-Lam MF. United States Patent for Invention (Release Date 12/07/2021), United States Patent and Trademark Office. US Patent No. 11,191,835 B2. Chlorin-Vitamin Conjugates (Therapeutics for Cancer). Purdue Research Foundation (Assignee).

Academic Research Support, Collaborations and Community Engagements

• Indiana Academy of Science
• Purdue University Office of Technology Commercialization
• Purdue University Health Sciences MRI Facility
• Institute of Chemical Technology – ICT (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY)
• Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle èpiniére – ICM or Brain and Spine Institute (Paris, France)

Lionhearted Leaders: Meden F. Isaac-Lam

The experimental portion of chemistry, watching the molecules seem to be alive, interact and transform, is what most interested Meden Isaac-Lam about the field. It was the idea of contributing to the education of the next generation of scientists that interested her most in teaching.

Meet Professor Isaac-Lam