Problem Solver

Michael Pirrung

Michael Pirrung

Areas Michael Pirrung is Knowledgeable in:

Drug Discovery, mode of action of ethylene as a senescence/ripening agent, combinatorial chemistry

Michael Pirrung's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. drug discovery
  2. overcoming organoleptic problems
  3. organic synthesis
  4. textbook author
  5. microarray
  6. expert witness
  7. AAAS elected member
  8. holds many US/International patents
  9. ripening/post-harvest physiology/ethylene

Michael Pirrung's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. I co-invented DNA microarrays.
    I elucidated the chemical mechanism of ethylene biosynthesis.
    My inventions enabled the raising of two $25 million private placements and a $72M IPO for Affymax.