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Leslie A Sombers

Leslie A Sombers, Ph.D., M.A.

Professor

Department: Cellular and Systems Pharmacology
Business Phone: (352) 273-7700
Business Email: leslie.sombers@ufl.edu
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About Leslie A Sombers

Leslie Sombers is a professor of Cellular and Systems Pharmacology in the University of Florida, College of Pharmacy. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Penn State University in 2008 under the direction of Andy Ewing, after which she researched as a postdoctoral fellow at The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in the Wightman group. She spent 16 years in Chemistry at North Carolina State University where she built an interdisciplinary research program encompassing trainees from Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering, Biology and Physics. The Sombers lab research focuses on the development, characterization, optimization, and application of analytical techniques to study real-time neurochemical changes in preparations that range from single cells to living brain tissue. She is the President of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, she serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society for Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience, and she serves as an Associate Editor at ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Her research interests are focused on real-time molecular monitoring to investigate motivated behavior, addiction, and Parkinson’s disease.

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Sombers Lab

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. GMS6029 – Brain Journal Club

    College of Medicine

  2. GMS7794 – Neuroscience Seminar

    College of Medicine

  3. PHA7979 – Advanced Research

    College of Pharmacy

  4. PHA6910 – Supervised Research

    College of Pharmacy

  5. PHA6512L – Experiential Research Training in Pharmacodynamics

    College of Pharmacy

  6. PHA6521C – Research Techniques in Pharmacodynamics

    College of Pharmacy

  7. PHA7939 – Journal Club in Pharmaceutical Sciences

    College of Pharmacy

  8. PHA6936 – Advanced Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences

    College of Pharmacy

  9. PHA7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation

    College of Pharmacy

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Expanding the Scope and Usability of Fast Voltammetric Measurements

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA

  2. Neurodevelopmental effects of flame retardant exposure

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV via NATL INST OF HLTH NIEHS

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-7700
Emails:
Business:
leslie.sombers@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Street:
PO Box 100487; rm P1-20
1345 CENTER DR
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610