Curriculum Vitae

MICHAEL C. PIRRUNG

January, 2005
Department of Chemistry, University of California

Riverside, CA 92521-0403

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BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio, July 31, 1955.

EDUCATION:
University of Texas, Austin, September 1973-December 1975
B.A. in Chemistry with Highest Honors.

University of California, Berkeley, September 1976-June 1980
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (with C. H. Heathcock).

Columbia University, 1980-81
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Organic Chemistry (with G. Stork).

HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa, December 1975.
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1978-80.
Dreyfus Foundation Award for Newly-Appointed Faculty, 1982-87.
Eli Lilly Grantee, 1984-86.
NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1985-90.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1986-88.
AAAS-Newcomb Cleveland Prize, 1991 (best paper in Science).
Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor Award, 1993.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1994-95.
Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, University of Texas Ex-Student's Association, 1995.
Fellow of the AAAS, 1996.
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 2004.

POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University, 1981-1989.
Senior Scientist, Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 1989.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Duke University, 1989-94.
Director, Biotechnology for Business, 1993-.
Professor of Chemistry, Duke University, 1994-2004.
Director, Duke University Program in Biological Chemistry, 1994-2004.
Professor and UC Presidential Chair in Chemistry, UC-Riverside, 2004-.

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:
UC-Berkeley, 1988 (with P. A. Bartlett).
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1994-5 (with C. T. Caskey).
Burroughs Wellcome Professor, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, 1995 (with J. E. Baldwin).
UC-San Diego, 1998.
UC-Irvine, 2002.
Caltech, 2002.

RESEARCH:
Chemical Biology.

EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 1998-2003.
QSAR and Combinatorial Science, 2002-.
Chemistry and Biology, 2004-.

ADVISORY BOARDS:
Genta, 1993-97.
Affymax Research Institute, 1994-95.
ChromaXome, 1995-9.
Oasis Biosciences, 1998-2002.
Orchid Biosciuences, 1997-2003 (President's Fellow, 1999-2003).
Genicon Sciences, 2000-2003.
NimbleGen Systems, 2001-.

CONSULTANCIES:
DowElanco, 1985-1992.
Abbott Laboratories, 1991-94.
American Cyanamid, 1992-99.
Affymax Research Institute, 1995-8.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 1995-.
A. M. Pappas & Associates, 1997-.

AREAS OF INTEREST:
Organic/Bioorganic Chemistry, Nucleic Acids, Combinatorial Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Photochemistry.

SELECT PLENARY/NAMED LECTURES:
ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award Symposium, Miami, 1985.
Oregon/Oregon State Snow Symposium, Bend, 1986.
ACS Guenther Award Symposium, Boston, 1989.
Pfizer Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University, 1993.
Suddath Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.
Round Table, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, 1996.
ACS N. Alabama Section, Madison Marshall Award Symposium, 1996.
5th Visions in Chemistry Symposium, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, 1997.
Seminaire Hors-Ville, 3ème Cycle en Chimie, Champéry, 1997.
VII International Meeting, Human Genome Project, Valencia, 2000.
Bayer Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, 2001.
Roche Colorado Distinguished Lecturer, UC-Boulder, 2001.