Faculty & Staff Profile

Venugopal Mukku

Associate Professor

Research Labs Director

Math, Science and Technology Department

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(218) 281-8097

mukku002@crk.umn.edu

Personal Website

Associated Majors

Courses Currently Teaching

CHEM 2301-001: Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2301-002: Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2301-003: Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2310-001: Organic Chemistry Lab I

CHEM 2310-002: Organic Chemistry Lab I

Research Interests

Google Scholar Link
Using Plants for Fighting Illness (U of M Driven to Discover)
Natural Products Laboratory - research focuses on the bioactive secondary metabolites from plants.
Antibiotic Research (Valley News Live Report - March 31, 2016)
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the strains of S. aureus that is resistant to multiple antibiotics. Currently MRSA is susceptible to only a few antibiotics such as the glycopeptides vancomycin. I am interested in discovering chemicals from plants of the Red River Valley that exhibit potent activity against this particular strain.

Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

2021 Distinguished Scholar Award
2019 Award for Global Engagement
2019 Builders of Diversity Award
1999: Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Bonn , Germany
1991: Research fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi , India
1990: Gold medal by Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning, Prasanthi Nilayam , India

Selected Publications

“Isolation and Structure of Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitory Tetracyclic Triterpenoids from the Zimbabwean Monadenium lugardae.” George R. Pettit, Qinghua Ye, Delbert L. Herald, John C. Knight, Fiona Hogan, Noeleen Melody, Venugopal J. R. V. Mukku, Dennis L. Doubek, and Jean-Charles Chapuis. Journal of Natural Products. Publication Date (Web): May 23, 2016.
Anjaneyulu A.S.R., Rao V.L., Sastry, V.G., Venugopal M.J.R.V ., Schmitz, F.J. (2003). Juncins I-M, five new briarane diterpenoids from the Indian Ocean gorgonian Junceella juncea Pallas. J. Nat. Prod ., 66:507-510.
George R. Pettit, Jiang Du, Robin K. Pettit, Linda A. Richert, Fiona Hogan, Venugopal J. R. V. Mukku, Michael S. Hoard (2006). Antineoplastic Agents. 554. The Manitoba bacterium Streptomyces sp . J. Nat. Prod. , 69:804-806.
George R. Pettit, Venugopal J. R. V. Mukku, Gordon Cragg, Delbert L. Herald, John C. Knight, Cherry L. Herald, Jean-Charles Chapuis (2008). Antineoplastic agents. 558. Ampelocissus sp. cancer cell growth inhibitory constituents. J. Nat. Prod. , 71:130-133

Educational Background

B. Sc (1988) Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, India
M.Sc. (1990) Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, India
Ph.D. (1995) Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

Professional Memberships

Local Community Memberships

Biography

Biography:

Ceremony for the 2019 Award for Global Engagement. Remarks given by John Hoffman, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Minnesota Crookston, about Venugopal Mukku, an associate professor in the department of math, science, and technology at UMC. For more information: https://global.umn.edu/awards/age

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October 19, 2022

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