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Makriyannis, Alexandros was born on September 3, 1939 in Cairo, Egypt. Came to the United States, 1962.
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Alexandros Makriyannis
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Alexandros Makriyannis, American Medicinal chemist, educator. Recipient Distinguished Scientist award University Connecticut Alumni, 1996, Merit awardNIH, 1997; McNeil Endowment fellow, 1964-1967. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Education
B Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, U. Cairo, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1967.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1969;
senior chemist, Smith, Kline and French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1967-1970;
research associate department biochemistry and pharmacology, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1971-1972;
assistant professor department biochemistry and pharmacology, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1972-1974;
from assistant professor to professor medicinal chemistry, U. Connecticut, 1974-1986;
professor medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, U. Connecticut, since 1986;
professor molecular and cell biology, U. Connecticut, since 1994;
head medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy School of Pharmacy, U. Connecticut, 1981-1987. Member Institute Materials Science, University Connecticut, Storrs, since 1976, Polymer Science Program, 1980-1987, Biomolecular Structure Center, University Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 1987. Visiting professor R. Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1983.
Chairman organizing committee 1st-6th Cyprus Conference on New Methods in Drug Research, 1983, 85, 87, 89, 92, 94. Senior advisor National Research Council of Greece,1985-. Consultant National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Intramural Research Program, 1985-1987.
Member special rev.com. National Institute on Drug Abuse, since 1987, ad hoc study section, 1985-1989. Member ad hoc committee National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, since 1990.
President International Cannabis Research Society, 1993-1994.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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American