Mario Robles, PhD Faculty - Full-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry Phone: 949-480-4077 Fax: 949-480-4263 Email: mrobles@soka.edu

• Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, University of California at Irvine
• M.S., Chemistry, California State University, Los Angeles
• B.A. Biology/Chemistry , University of California at Los Angeles

• At SUA since 2004
• 2000 - 2004 Director - Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate Program (AGEP), Administrative University of California, Irvine (NSF)
• 1997 - 2004 Chemistry Instructor, Santa Ana Community College 
• 1999 - 2001 Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
• 1998-2000 Director - Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, University of California, Irvine

• Neurotoxic effects of natural products on the brain/Parkinson's disease
• Oxidative Stress/Smoking and oxidative stress
• Glutathione related compounds as antioxidants

• Robles M.: " Toxic Effects of Repin, a Neurotoxin Sesquiterpene Lactone." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Irvine, 1995
• Robles M, Aregullin M, West J, Rodriguez E: "Recent Studies on the Zoopharmacognosy, Pharmacology and Neurotoxicology of Sesquiterpene Lactones (A review)." Planta Med, 61:99 - 103, 1995
• Robles M, Wang N, Kim R, Choi BH: "Cytotoxic Effects of Repin, a Principal Sesquiterpene Lactone of Russian Knapweed. " Journal of Nueroscience Research, 46, 1996 
• Choi BH, Yee S, Robles M: "The Effects of Glutathione Glycoside in Methylmercury Poisoning." Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 141
• Robles M, Choi BH: "Studies on the Effects of Repin, a Sesquiterpene Lactone, Isolated from Russian Knapweed." J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 54:461, 1996. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 46, 1996
•  Heinrich M, Robles M, West J, Ortiz de Montellano B, Rodriguez E: Ethnopharmacology of Mexican Asteraceae (Compositae). Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 38, 1998
•  Robles M, Choi BH: "Repin-induced Neurotoxicity in Rodents." Experimental Neurology, 152, 129-136, 1998
• Robles M, Rodriguez E, West J, Heinrich M: Chapter 11, "Asteraceae" Dermatologic Botany, 1999. Eds. Avalos J, Maibach P: CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL
• Heinrich M, Robles M, West J, Ortiz de Montellano B, Rodriguez E: "Ethnopharmacology of Mexican Asteraceae (Compositae). CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 1998

• General Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Environmental Toxicology
• Modes of Inquiry
• Neurotoxicology
• Medical Toxicology

• 2004 Certificate of Recognition Residential Life and Staff and Faculty 2004 - 2005
• 2001 Certificate of Recognition Minority Sciences Program
• 2000 Certificate of Recognition McNair Program
• 1999 Certificate of Appreciation from the Salvador Consulate for providing technical assistance to the Universidad Don Bosco
• Certificate of Appreciation from the Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES)

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