Prof. Michael Pirrung
Department of Chemistry
UC Riverside
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, Center for Plant Cell Biology
Member and Steering Committee, Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine
I am currently seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in my lab. The primary expertise needed is organic synthesis. This research will be diverse, working in both fundamental bioorganic chemistry as well as drug discovery. The position will also offer extremely appealing salary and benefits under the new structure that the University of California offers postdocs.Â
Contact info:
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521-0403
Office: 448 Chemical Sciences
Phone 951-827-2722
