Sven-Eric Jordt PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Developmental Therapeutics

Pharmacology: Neuropharmacology

Research Interests

Sense of touch and pain in humans and animals; Chemosensory processes in sensory neurons and their role in chemical environmental exposures; Neural sensitization in asthma; Hypersensitivity disorders

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Education

Ph.D., Free University Berlin , 1997

Selected Publication

Willis, D.N., Liu, B., Ha, M.A., Jordt, S.E., and Morris, J.B. (2011). Menthol attenuates respiratory irritation responses to multiple cigarette smoke irritants. The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. http://www.fasebj.org/content/early/2011/09/07/fj.11-188383.abstract

Latest Honor and Recognition

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES)(2006) , National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Articles

Nov/Dec 2007

Young scientists honored at White House

In early November, two School of Medicine scientists each received a Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor...

These mice like to spend time chilling

When breath mints are called “cool” on television, it’s truth in advertising, according to a new study by Sven-Eric...

Maki de Sade: wasabi really hurts!

For pain researchers, the recent discovery of a neuronal receptor that relays the zip of wasabi holds more than...