Matthew Desrosiers
Biology & Biotechnology
Education:
St. Lawrence University, B.S. Biology, 2014
Matt is originally from Groton, Massachusetts and completed his B.S. in Biology at St. Lawrence University in 2014. He joined the Weathers Lab at WPI in the summer of 2014 to begin his PhD. Matt's research focuses on the antimalarial drug artemisinin produced by the ancient Chinese herb Artemisia annua. He is seeking to determine how bioavailability of the drug differs when it is orally delivered as pure drug vs. dried powdered leaves of A. annua.
Office Location
Gateway Park (60 Prescott Street), Weathers Lab, 4th Floor
Contact
Phone:
508-831-5052
Awards
Cellular Toxicology Award, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2015, 2017
Honor B. Fell Award, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2016
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Drug Development
Malaria
Pharmacology
Drug Metabolism
Scholarly Work
Scholarly Work:
Oral consumption of dried Artemisia annua leaves to treat malaria: leaf digestion and artemisinin solubility, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Desrosiers M., Weathers P.J., 2016.
Artemisinin permeability via Caco-2 cells increases after simulated digestion of Artemisia annua leaves, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Desrosiers M., Weathers P.J., 2017.
Artemisinin the Nobel molecule: from plant to patient, Studies in Natural Products Chemistry (Bioactive Natural Products) Volume 47, Weathers P.J., Cambra H.M., Desrosiers M., Rassias D., Towler M.J., 2017.