Allan Balmain is a British academic is a
Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics
[ at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).]
Education
Balmain was educated at the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...
where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry
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in 1966, followed by a PhD on the organic chemistry
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of terpenoid
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s in 1969.
Awards and honours
Balmain was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:
Balmain was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 1995.[
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References
Living people
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
University of California, San Francisco faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
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