Michael C. Pirrung, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, UC Riverside
BIOGRAPHY
Curriculum Vitae
Michael C. Pirrung, Ph.D.
July, 2013
Department of Chemistry, University of California
Riverside, CA 92521-0403
Phone: 951.827.2722
Fax: 951.827.2749
Birth: Cincinnati, OH, 1955
Education
University of Texas, Austin, September 1973 - December 1975
B.A. in Chemistry with Highest Honors.
University of California, Berkeley, September 1976 - June 1980
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (with C. H. Heathcock).
Columbia University, 1980 - 1981
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Organic Chemistry (with G. Stork).
Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, December 1975.
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1978-80.
Dreyfus Foundation Award for Newly-Appointed Faculty, 1982-87.
Eli Lilly Grantee, 1984-86.
NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1985-90.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1986-88.
AAAS-Newcomb Cleveland Prize, 1991 (best paper in Science).
Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor Award, 1993.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1994-95.
Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, University of Texas Ex-Student's Association, 1995.
Fellow of the AAAS, 1996.
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 2004.
UC Presidential Chair in Chemistry, UC-Riverside, 2004-09.
European Inventor of the Year, 2006.
Positions
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University, 1981-1989.
Senior Scientist, Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 1989.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Duke University, 1989-94.
Director, Biotechnology for Business, 1993-.
Professor of Chemistry, Duke University, 1994-2004.
Director, Duke University Program in Biological Chemistry, 1994-2004.
Professor of Chemistry, UC-Riverside, 2004-2012.
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UC-Riverside, 2012-Present
Visiting Professorships
UC-Berkeley, 1988 (with P. A. Bartlett).
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine,
1994-5 (with C. T. Caskey).
Burroughs Wellcome Professor, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, 1995 (with Sir J. E. Baldwin).
UC-San Diego, 1998.
UC-Irvine, 2002.
Caltech, 2002.
Research
Chemical Biology
Editorial Boards
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 1998-2003.
QSAR and Combinatorial Science, 2002-2009.
Chemistry and Biology, 2004-.
F1000 Research, 2012-.
Advisory Boards
Genta, 1993-97.
Affymax Research Institute, 1994-95.
ChromaXome, 1995-9.
Oasis Biosciences, 1998-2002.
Orchid Biosciences, 1997-2003 (President's Fellow, 1999-2003).
Genicon Sciences, 2000-2003.
NimbleGen Systems, 2001-2005.
Consultancies
DowElanco, 1985-1992.
Abbott Laboratories, 1991-94.
American Cyanamid, 1992-99.
Affymax Research Institute, 1995-98.
A. M. Pappas & Associates, 1997-2006.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 1995-2009.
Topics of Past Research Contributions
Photochemistry in organic synthesis, ethylene biosynthesis, rhodium carbenoids, microarray fabrication.
Areas of Interest
Organic/Bioorganic Chemistry, Nucleic Acids, Combinatorial Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Photochemistry
Select Plenary / Named Lectures
ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award Symposium, Miami, 1985.
Oregon/Oregon State Snow Symposium, Bend, 1986.
ACS Guenther Award Symposium, Boston, 1989.
Pfizer Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University, 1993.
Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, 1995.
Suddath Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.
Round Table, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, 1996.
ACS N. Alabama Section, Madison Marshall Award Symposium, 1996.
5th Visions in Chemistry Symposium, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, 1997.
Seminaire Hors-Ville, 3ème Cycle en Chimie, Champéry, 1997.
VII International Meeting, Human Genome Project, Valencia, 2000.
Bayer Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, 2001.
Roche Colorado Distinguished Lecturer, UC-Boulder, 2001.
German Chemical Society, Würzburg, 2001.
Organic Syntheses Lecturer, Wayne State University, 2008.
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