Michael C. Pirrung, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, UC Riverside
CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS
Graduate Students
Allyson Dorsey B. S., California Lutheran University, 2013
Natalie De Howitt B. S., University of Puerto Rico-Ponce, 2011
Nicole Bakas B. S., UC-Riverside, 2012
Ryan Schreihans B. S., CSU-San Bernadino, 2012
Undergraduate Students
Samantha Pulido, B. S., UC-Riverside, expected 2015
Jody Gotoc, B. S., UC-Riverside, expected 2016
Rotation Students
Ryan Sueme, B. S., University of San Diego, 2015
Postdoctorals
Joseph Fan, Ph. D., UCLA, 2015
Narender Reddy Gade, Ph. D., Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences/University Of Hyderabad, 2014
FORMER GROUP MEMBERS (past 10 years)
Name
Level
Training Period
Prior Degrees
Project
Current Position
Liu Deng
Koushik Das Sarma
Chiyi Xiong
Sankar Guchhait
Aparna Tanksale
Hyunsoo Kim
Vipul Rana
Walter Affo
Yunfan Zou
Subir Ghorai
Xin (Dennis) Xiong
Jianmei Wang
Yaodong Huang
Suvadeep Nath
Surendra Gadamsetty
Biswajit Roy
Andrei Kochegarov
Tannya Ibarra
Goutam Biswas
Theresa Massoud
Gangadhara Rao
Fa Zhang
Jenifer Nalbandian
Andrew Defries
Sudhakar Ambadi
Yangfan Zheng
Ph.D.
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Ph.D.
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Ph.D.
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Ph.D.
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2000 - 2005
2002 - 2004
2004 - 2006
2005 - 2006
2002 - 2006
2000 - 2006
2001 - 2006
2005 - 2006
2000 - 2006
2005 - 2006
2006 - 2007
2002 - 2007
2007 - 2008
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2007 - 2009
2008 - 2010
2009 - 2010
2005 - 2010
2010 - 2011
2010 - 2013
2007 - 2013
2007 - 2013
2010 - 2015
2014 - 2015
B. S., Tsinghua, 1997; M. S., Chinese Academy, 2000
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science, 2000
Ph. D. University of Arizona, 2004
Ph. D. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2002
Ph. D. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 2001
Ph. D. Korea University, 1995
Ph. D. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 2000
Ph. D., Nottingham, 2003
B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University, 2000
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 2005
Ph. D., Cardiff University, 2006
B.S., M.S., Beijing University, 2002
Ph. D. U.C. Santa Barbara, 2007
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, 2007
Ph.D. RWTH Aachen University, 2007
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 2007
Ph.D., University of Pushchino, 2000
Ph.D., University of Guanajuato, 2008
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 2006
B.S. Dalhousie, 2005
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, 2010
Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Medical Science, 2009
B.S. Pepperdine, 2007
B.S., UToronto
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, 2010
Ph.D. Wuhan University, 2012
Combinatorial
Chemistry
Combinatorial
Chemistry
Chemical Genetics
Combinatorial
Chemistry
Enzymology/Chemical Genetics
DNA Chips and RNA Analysis
Nucleic Acids
Combinatorial
Chemistry
Ethylene Action
Fragrant Isonitriles
Synthesis of Insulin Mimics
Multicomponent Reactions in Water
Combinatorial
Chemistry
Click Chemical Genetics
Photochemistry
Photochemistry
Stem Cell Biology
Syrbactin Total Synthesis
Syrbactins, Luciferin Synthesis
Insulin Mimics
Total Synthesis
Total Synthesis
Insulin Mimics
Chemical Genetics
Total Synthesis
Peptide Synthesis
Eastman Chemical
Jubilant Chemsys
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar
AltheaDx
Innovassynth Technologies
Assistant Professor, University of Ghana
UC - RIverside
Aldrich Chemical
Novartis China
UC - Riverside
ACME Bioscience
TCG Life Sciences
Aurigene Discovery Technologies
Sikkim University
Assistant Professor, Autonomous University, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Sai Advantium Pharma Ltd.
International Horizons College
UMass - Dartmouth
University of Indiana
Common Crawl
LABORATORY PHOTOS
Laboratories for Chemical Biology in the New Chemical Sciences Building
Equipment
The Pirrung group is exceedingly well-equipped. Major equipment includes a Varian 3800 GC with autosampler for ethylene analysis, Agilent 6890 FID/capillary GC/data system, Argonaut Quest 210 SLN small molecule automated organic synthesizer, two Hewlett-Packard 1090L HPLCs, Innovative Technologies glove box, BioRad Radiance confocal fluorescence microscope with Nikon Diaphot 200 inverted microscope, Beckman Avanti J-25 centrifuge, Perkin Elmer Spectrum One FTIR, Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer, Perkin-Elmer 480 Thermal Cycler, CEM Discover microwave synthesizer, Applied Biosystems 392 DNA synthesizer, Savant SpeedVacs, Contour Glass solvent drying system, Genomic Systems Accent microarray spotter, Axon Instruments GenePix 4000B scanner, Shimadzu UV160 UV-Vis spectrometer, New Brunswick incubating shaker, a CombiFlash system, and Rayonet and Hanovia photochemical reactors. Computers include both WIndows and Apple OS X machines for personal use and instrument operation.