Bruce Saxby Ross

Background

Ross, Bruce Saxby was born on June 5, 1957 in Corning, New York, United States. Son of Howard Graham and Lucille Gloria (Heimann) Ross.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1979; Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry, U. Kansas, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Medicinal Chemistry, U. Kansas, 1984.

Career

Chemical technician, Parke-Davis, Ann Arbor, Michigan, summer 1979; National Institutes of Health trainee in medicinal chemistry, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1979-1984; postdoctoral research associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1984-1986; research assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986-1987; senior research chemist, Ash Stevens Inc., Detroit, 1987-1991; director department of larger-scale research and synthesis, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, since 1992.

Achievements

• Achievements include synthetic organic/medicinal chemistry research on polycyclic psychopharmacological agents, anticancer agents and nucleic acid derivatives used in the preparation of modified antisense oligonucleotides.

Membership

Member American chemical Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Sui-Jean Chiou, August 28, 1981. Children: Audrey Graham, Leila Saxby, Thea Chiou.

Father:

Howard Graham Ross

Mother:

Lucille Gloria (Heimann) Ross

Spouse:

Sui-Jean Chiou

child:

Audrey Graham Ross

child:

Thea Chiou Ross

child:

Leila Saxby Ross