Albert van der Vliet, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Room C-226, Given Building
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
Burlington, VT 05405-0068 

Voice: (802) 656-8638
Fax: (802) 656-8892

Email: avanderv@zoo.uvm.edu

• B.S./M.S.(11/1987) Molecular Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Postgraduate (11/1989) Laboratory Animal Handling Techniques; Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Ph.D. (6/1991) Pharmacochemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Postdoctoral Researcher(6/91 - 1/93), Department of Pharmacochemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Postdoctoral Researcher(2/93 - 4/97), Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.
• Visiting Scientist(5/95 - 8/95), Pharmacology Group, King's College, Chelsea Campus, University of London, U.K.
• Assistant Research Biochemist(5/97 – 6/99), Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.
• Assistant Professor in Residence(7/99 – 6/01), Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.
• Associate Professor in Residence(7/01 – 4/02), Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.
• Associate Professor(5/02 – present), Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

• Oxidative biochemistry of nitric oxide;
• Oxidant mechanisms in inflammation;
• Respiratory tract biology and pathology;
• Chemical mechanisms of protein oxidation;
• Signal transduction; Inhalation toxicology;
• Analysis of antioxidants and oxidation products in biomolecules (proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids);
• Antioxidant micronutrients.

• Determination of low-molecular mass antioxidant concentrations in human respiratory tract lining fluids. Am. J. Physiol. 276, L289-L296. A. van der Vliet, C.E. Cross, C.A. O'Neill, W.G. Volz, B. Halliwell, and S. Louie (1999)
   
   
• Reactive nitrogen species and tyrosine nitration in the respiratory tract: Epiphenominae or pathobiological mechanism of disease. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 160, 1-9. A. van der Vliet, J.P. Eiserich, M.K. Shigenaga, and C.E. Cross (1999)

• Myeloperoxidase and protein oxidation in cystic fibrosis. Am. J. Physiol. 279, L537-L546. A. van der Vliet, M.N. Nguyen, M.K. Shigenaga, J.P. Eiserich, G.P. Marelich, and C.E. Cross (2000)
   
   
• Oxidants, nitrosants, and the lung. Am. J. Med. 109, 398-421. A. van der Vliet, and C.E. Cross (2000)

• Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis by acrolein: A contributing factor in tobacco-related inflammatory lung disease? Am. J. Physiol. 281, L732-L739. Finkelstein, E.I., M. Nardini, and A. van der Vliet (2001)
   
   
• S-Nitrosothiols inhibit cytokine-mediated induction of MMP-9 in airway epithelial cells. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 27, 463-473. T. Okamoto, G. Valacchi, K. Gohil, T. Akaike, and A. van der Vliet (2002)
   
   
• Multiple contributing roles for NOS2 in LPS-induced acute airway inflammation in mice. Am. J. Physiol. 286, L198-L209. T. Okamoto, K. Gohil, E.I. Finkelstein, P. Bove, T. Akaike, and A. van der Vliet (2004)