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Michael C. Pirrung

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
19906
World Ranking
7548
National Ranking
2210

Michael C. Pirrung publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Pirrung sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 271 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Michael C. Pirrung D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Pirrung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael C. Pirrung is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with specific expertise in Materials Chemistry. The breadth of their research extends into Molecular Biology, Pollution, Pharmacology, and Ecology.

The research topics that Michael C. Pirrung has contributed to include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis

They have published frequently in several venues, with the following being the most common:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Michael has collaborated repeatedly with coauthors including:

  • Yunfan Zou
  • Ryan S. Stanton
  • Alon Agua
  • Philip J. Barr
  • Charles K. Marlowe

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Michael C. Pirrung demonstrate a focus on chemical analysis methods, environmental toxicology, and pharmaceutical synthesis, among other topics. Notable papers include:

  • "Concentrations of Tire Additive Chemicals and Tire Road Wear Particles in an Australian Urban Tributary," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A Direct Mass Spectrometry Method for the Rapid Analysis of Ubiquitous Tire-Derived Toxin N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine Quinone (6-PPDQ)," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Reactive Oxygen Species and Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter Drive the Aquatic Photochemical Pathways and Photoproducts of 6PPD-quinone under Simulated High-Latitude Conditions," 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Synthetic Access to Cannabidiol and Analogs as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Syrbactin-class dual constitutive- and immuno-proteasome inhibitor TIR-199 impedes myeloma-mediated bone degeneration in vivo," 2022, Bioscience Reports

The researcher's work intersects various scientific domains, including the study of pollutant particles, photochemical pathways in aquatic environments, and the synthesis of pharmacologically active compounds.

Throughout their career, Michael C. Pirrung has been recognized as a fellow of multiple prestigious organizations:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1995)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1994)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1986)

Best Publications

  • Light-directed, spatially addressable parallel chemical synthesis.

    S. P. A. Fodor;J. L. Read;M. C. Pirrung;L. Stryer

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • How to make a DNA chip

    Michael C. Pirrung

  • Multicomponent Reactions Are Accelerated in Water

    Michael C. Pirrung;Koushik Das Sarma

  • Acceleration of organic reactions through aqueous solvent effects.

    Michael C. Pirrung

  • Acyclic stereoselection. 7. Stereoselective synthesis of 2-alkyl-3-hydroxy carbonyl compounds by aldol condensation

    Clayton H. Heathcock;Charles T. Buse;William A. Kleschick;Michael C. Pirrung

  • Concentrations of Tire Additive Chemicals and Tire Road Wear Particles in an Australian Urban Tributary.

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  • Spatially-Addressable Immobilization of Macromolecules on Solid Supports

    Steven A. Sundberg;Ronald W. Barrett;Michael Pirrung;Amy L. Lu

  • Antibacterial agents that target lipid A biosynthesis in gram-negative bacteria. Inhibition of diverse UDP-3-O-(r-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-n-acetylglucosamine deacetylases by substrate analogs containing zinc binding motifs.

    Jane E. Jackman;Carol A. Fierke;L.Nathan Tumey;Michael Pirrung

  • Spatially Addressable Combinatorial Libraries

    Michael C. Pirrung

  • Acyclic stereoselection—13 : Aryl esters: reagents for threo-aldolization

    Clayton H. Heathcock;Michael C. Pirrung;Stephen H. Montgomery;John Lampe

  • Combinatorial optimization of isatin-beta-thiosemicarbazones as anti-poxvirus agents.

    Michael C Pirrung;Sunil V Pansare;Koushik Das Sarma;Kathy A Keith

  • Intramolecular generation and [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of oxonium ylides.

    Michael C. Pirrung;John A. Werner

  • Electronic Effects in Dirhodium(II) Carboxylates. Linear Free Energy Relationships in Catalyzed Decompositions of Diazo Compounds and CO and Isonitrile Complexation

    Michael C. Pirrung;Andrew T. Morehead

  • A General Method for the Spatially Defined Immobilization of Biomolecules on Glass Surfaces Using “Caged” Biotin

    Michael C. Pirrung;Chia-Yu Huang

  • Rhodium chemzymes: Michaelis-Menten kinetics in dirhodium(II) carboxylate-catalyzed carbenoid reactions.

    Michael C. Pirrung;Hao Liu;Andrew T. Morehead

  • Proofing of Photolithographic DNA Synthesis with 3‘,5‘-Dimethoxybenzoinyloxycarbonyl-Protected Deoxynucleoside Phosphoramidites

    Michael C. Pirrung;Lara Fallon;Glenn McGall

  • Aqueous medium effects on multi-component reactions

    Michael C. Pirrung;Koushik Das Sarma

  • Asymmetric dipolar cycloaddition reactions of diazocompounds mediated by a binaphtholphosphate rhodium catalyst

    Michael C. Pirrung;Jiancun Zhang

  • Step-and-Repeat Photopatterning of Protein Features Using Caged-Biotin−BSA: Characterization and Resolution

    A. S. Blawas;T. F. Oliver;M. C. Pirrung;W. M. Reichert

  • Acyclic stereoselection. 4. Assignment of stereostructure to .beta.-hydroxycarbonyl compounds by carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance

    Clayton H. Heathcock;Michael C. Pirrung;John E. Sohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Rok Lee
Yong Rok Lee Yeungnam University
Nicholas J. G. Webster
Nicholas J. G. Webster University of California, San Diego
Clayton H. Heathcock
Clayton H. Heathcock University of California, Berkeley
Andrew T. McPhail
Andrew T. McPhail Duke University
Christian R. H. Raetz
Christian R. H. Raetz Duke University
Natasha V. Raikhel
Natasha V. Raikhel University of California, Riverside
Carol A. Fierke
Carol A. Fierke Texas A&M University
Axel H. Schönthal
Axel H. Schönthal University of Southern California
Jinsong Zhang
Jinsong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas H. LaBean
Thomas H. LaBean North Carolina State University

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