Eunus S. Ali

Principal Investigator

Eunus started his independent career in 2024 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. From 2017 to early 2024, he did his postdoctoral training at Northwestern University with Dr. Issam Ben-Sahra. Prior to this, his PhD was completed under the supervision of Dr. Greg Barritt at Flinders University, and MS at Stockholm University with Dr. Göran Widmalm.

He is currently an Assistant Professor of Cancer Metabolism at the University of Kentucky, and serves as the Principal Investigator for a basic science research lab which mainly focuses on cancer metabolism including neuroimmunometabolism, obesity and cell signaling.

Eunus directs the EAL-METABO lab – Laboratory for Cellular and Cancer Metabolism in the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, and the Markey Cancer Center. He is also a member of the Center for Cancer and Metabolism in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.