Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases.
To contact Derek email him directly: derekb.lowe@gmail.com
Twitter: Dereklowe
Derek, thanks for the link. Weirdly named -- I haven't heard that one before. But that's just how too many polymers are seen as from mostly non-polymer chemists: goo, soot, sticky stuff, oil, wax etc ;)
But of course there is real power and magic in these little critters… ;) even though in industry one doesn't really get to play with the hi-tech stuff so much. Long live the commodity and near-commodity markets.
Many thanks for the inclusion in your blogroll and your specific mention of the Crapshoot in a post. I hope your move to Cambridge has worked out well.
1. coracle on October 9, 2007 11:35 AM writes...
Deeply honoured! Thanks for the link Derek.
Permalink to Comment2. kayesdee on October 9, 2007 1:06 PM writes...
Derek, thanks for the link. Weirdly named -- I haven't heard that one before. But that's just how too many polymers are seen as from mostly non-polymer chemists: goo, soot, sticky stuff, oil, wax etc ;)
But of course there is real power and magic in these little critters… ;) even though in industry one doesn't really get to play with the hi-tech stuff so much. Long live the commodity and near-commodity markets.
Permalink to Comment3. mevans on October 9, 2007 1:17 PM writes...
Thanks for the shoutout DL!
Permalink to Comment4. Great Molecular Crapshoot on October 9, 2007 4:31 PM writes...
Many thanks for the inclusion in your blogroll and your specific mention of the Crapshoot in a post. I hope your move to Cambridge has worked out well.
Permalink to Comment5. Chris on October 10, 2007 11:26 PM writes...
Thank you for adding my little blog to your blogroll!
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