Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis (* 9. September 1939), ist ein Professor für Chemie und chemische Biologie am Department of Medicinal Chemistry der Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, wo er das Center for Drug Discovery leitet und den George Behrakis-Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Biotechnologie innehat.[1] Seine Forschungen sind vor allem auf das Endocannabinoid System und synthetische Cannabinoide ausgerichtet.[2]
Auszeichnungen
- McNeil Endowment Fellowship (1964–67)
- Research Scientist Award, NIDA (1990–95, 1995-2000)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993)
- President, International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) (1993)
- Distinguished Scientist Award, University of Connecticut Alumni (1996)
- Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1997)
- National Institute of Health MERIT Awards (1997-2007, 2007-2017)
- Senior Scientist NIDA Award (2000-2011)
- Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut, Board of Trustees (2002)
- Research Achievement Award in Drug Design and Discovery, American Association of
- Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) (2002)
- Behrakis Trustee Chair in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Northeastern University (2004)
- Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Athens, Greece (2005)
- Recognition of Scholarly or Creative Work by Northeastern Faculty and Staff, Northeastern University (2005)
- Mechoulam Life Achievement Award in Cannabinoid Research (ICRS) (2006)
- Distinguished Patent Award, University of Connecticut (2007)
- Kenneth E. Avis Award in Medicinal Chemistry (2007)
- Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2007)
- ACS Research Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicinal Chemistry (2012)
- Annual NU Award for Excellence in Research and Creativity (2012)
- ACS Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame (2013)
- Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson Reuters (2014)
- Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University (2015)
- AAPS Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award (2015)
- Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Crete Medical School, Greece (2018)
- CPDD Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award (2018)
Literatur
- Kiran Vemuri, V.; Makriyannis, Alexandros (2008). "Endocannabinoids and their Synthetic Analogs". In Reggio, Patricia H. (ed.). The Cannabinoid Receptors. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 21–48. ISBN 978-1-59745-503-9.