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.

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 

Postdocturate

 

 

Postdocturate

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.

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