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Pirrung, Michael Craig was born on July 31, 1955 in Cincinnati. Son of Joey Matthew and Grace Pirrung.
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Michael Craig Pirrung
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Michael Craig Pirrung, American Chemistry educator, consultant. Achievements include invention of spatially directed light addressable parallel chemical synthesis; research on mechanism of ethylene biosynthesis. Recipient Newcomb Cleveland prize American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991, Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor award, 1993, Outstanding Young Texas Ex., University Texas Ex-Students Association, 1995.
Education
Bachelor, University Texas, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Career
National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, New York City, 1980-1981;
assistant professor, Stanford (California) U., 1981-1989;
senior scientist, Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1989;
associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1989-1994;
professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1994. Director Duke U. program in biological chemistry, since 1994, director biotechnology for business, since 1993. Consultant American Cyanamid, since 1992, Wyeth-Ayerst, since 1995, ChromaXome since 1995.
Science advisor Affymax Research Institute, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, John Simon Guggenheim Member Foundation. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Plant Physical.
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American
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Recipient Newcomb Cleveland prize American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991, Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor award, 1993, Outstanding Young Texas Ex., University Texas Ex-Students Association, 1995.Recipient Newcomb Cleveland prize American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991, Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor award, 1993, Outstanding Young Texas Ex., University Texas Ex-Students Association, 1995.