Li Li Ji, Ph.D., professor and director of the School of Kinesiology and Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), will give South Dakota State University’s Lardy Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry on April 22 and 24. The Lardy Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemistry was established through a grant provided by SDSU alum Dr. Henry Lardy. Dr. Lardy was a US Academy of Science member and Director of Institute for Enzyme Research where Ji was mentored by him during his doctoral work and postdoctoral training. The purpose of the series is to bring to the SDSU campus outstanding biological scientists, who have made significant contributions.

Ji gave a public lecture to general audience to SDSU community titled, “Exercise is medicine: The role of free radicals and antioxidants,” and a second lecture in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry titled, “Role of redox signaling in the consequences of muscle activity and inactivity”.

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