Email Address: Ordman@beloit.edu

At Beloit since 1977

PERSONAL: Roc Ordman is married to the former Dance Instructor at Beloit, Eliza Freeman and has six children (two married, three graduated from college all in the summer of 2000). He has taught many different courses, from General Biology to Physiology to "What are the rules of the game of life?" to Organic Chemistry to Science Policy. He has traveled throughout the United States and 22 foreign countries, has worked in academia at institutions like Tel Aviv University in Israel, in industry at companies like Ciba-Geigy in Basel, Switzerland, in the military as a Preventive Medical Officer while serving in the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia, and in medical institutions like Rush Medical College. He was a Kellogg National Fellow, one of 50 people in the nation selected as future leaders of America.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

Currently Roc is involved in research on obesity. In the spring of 2007, he conducted a clinical trial on a nutrient signaling formulation that led to weight loss in many of the 59 participants in the study. Given all the progress in nutrition research, how do we inform people about intelligent nutrition? See USA Today, page 1, October 22, 1994 .Recent publications include:

"Pilot study for an age- and gender-based nutrient signaling system for weight control", Alfred B. Ordman, AGE 30: in press (2008)

"Design for a study to determine optimal dosage of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol in humans", Moser, L. R. and A. B. Ordman, AGE 28: 77-84 (2006)
"Design of a study to determine the effect of vitamin  C and E intake on protein carbonyls, TBARS, and Heinz Bodies", Moser, L. and A. B. Ordman, AGE 26: 89 (2003)
“Recommendations for Vitamin C Intake”, Ordman, A. B., JAMA Vol. 282 No. 22, December 8, 1999
“Background for a consensus on the value of consuming vitamin C and E
         supplments”,  Ordman, A.B., AGE 22: 127 (1999)
"Rate of Urinary Excretion of vitamin C from Smokers", Meredith Matz, Luke Schwantes, Susan Thorp, and A. B. Ordman, AGE 20:  (1997).
"How Much Vitamin C Should a Person Take?: A Module for Introductory Chemistry", A. B. Ordman and J. P. Bell, CHED Newsletter and Abstracts, 715 (Spring, 1997).

1. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison - Biochemistry Thesis: Modelling of Predator-Prey Interactions in Continuous Fermentation

2. Post-doc - University of Minnesota - Enzyme kinetics of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase

3. Sabbaticals

a. University of Utah with Dr. Ray White - sequencing the human genome

b. University of Wisconsin McArdle Cancer Research Labs- mechanism of skin cancer in mice

c. Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland - Cloning and Expression of 5-a-reductase in yeast, drug design for prostate hyperplasia

d. Napa Valley, California - human nutrition and human aging

e. Kenya - Egerton University, HIV/AIDS grant development

f. Madison, WI-Primate Research Center, caloric restriction

Current Research Interests (in which students are involved):

1. Informing the public about intelligent nutrition - see recent book by Walter Willett, head of School of Public Health, Harvard University.

2. Mechanism of aging - especially antioxidant vitamins A, C, E. This research involves determining appropriate dosages of antioxidant vitamins and water-soluble minerals for the human diet .

3. The biochemistry of youthful exuberance. Now that we are close to unraveling how to extend human life indefinitely, we need to understand what makes people want to stay alive and enjoy life. For lack of a formal term, I call it youthful exuberance. Young people want to be alive. But as people age, many lose that desire. What does that mean biochemically?

If you have questions, please send a message to him at the Biochemistry Program at ordman@beloit.edu. He really likes email.