Michael F. Summers
Michael F. Summers | |
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| Alma mater | St. Petersburg Junior College University of West Florida Emory University |
| Awards | Emily M. Gray Award Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Thesis | Studies of B12 Analogs and Models Containing Bis (dimethylglyoximato) and Bis (salicylidine)-o-phenylenediamine as Equatorial Ligands (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Luigi Marzilli |
| Other academic advisors | Ad Bax |
Michael F. Summers is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring and a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Molecular Biology. Since 1994, he has been a HHMI Investigator as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2016.