Prof. Michael Pirrung

Michael Pirrung is an organic chemist with research in the areas of chemical biology, synthesis, and nucleic acids. He trained in the labs of Clayton Heathcock at UC-Berkeley and Gilbert Stork at Columbia. He is a pioneer in the field of microarrays, which were an important post-genomic technology and underlie some next-generation sequencing methods. Recent interests include medicinal chemistry of bioactive natural products and biological assays using novel optical methods.

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC-Irvine

Member, Stem Cell Center

Member, Center for Plant Cell Biology

Member and Steering Committee, Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine

Contact info:

Department of Chemistry

University of California

Riverside, CA 92521-0403

Office: 448 Chemical Sciences

Phone 951-827-2722