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Dr.
Merrill Gassman is a Professor Emeritus of Biological
Sciences at the University of Illinois at
Chicago, serving as a faculty member from 1969 to 2000. He maintains a
connection to the campus as Past President and Webmaster of the UIC Chapter of the State Universities
Annuitants Association (SUAA). Dr.
Gassman is a Chicago
native who received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago during the 1960s, majoring
in Biology as an undergraduate and receiving his graduate degrees in Botany.
After carrying out postdoctoral research in plant biochemistry at the Rockefeller University in NewYork City, he became a research plant
physiologist with International Minerals and Chemical Corp. (now part of the The Mosaic Company) in Libertyville, IL
before joining the faculty at UIC. He has also held visiting faculty and
research scientist positions at the University
of California at Davis, Arizona State University in Tempe, and the RIKEN Institute in Wako, Japan. Dr.
Gassman is a member of the American Society of
Plant Biologists and the American
Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. A selected group of
his publications may be found here. Dr. Gassman is married and has three children and 12 grandchildren. His hobbies include using his computer, traveling (particularly cruising), and gardening. His favorite musical artists are the Beatles and the Beach Boys. To contact him, send an email to mgassman@uic.edu. |
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Merrill Gassman with his
Subaru Outback
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