Michael McClelland (academic)

McClelland taught Chemistry and Biology at Beveweerd School prior to entering the University of Georgia for his postgraduate studies. Following his second post doctoral research at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, he joined the University of Chicago's Biochemistry Molecular Biology Department in 1986 as an L. P. Markey Assistant Professor.^[4][5][6][7] In 1989, he became the Research Program Director of the California Institute Biological Research, San Diego, California.^{[3][8][9][10][11][12]}

He worked in this capacity until 1995 when he was appointed Professor and Director of Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

In 2009, he was appointed Scientific Director of the Vaccine Research Institute.^[18] At the said period, McClelland doubled as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine. In April 2011 he was made Adjunct Professor of the university's department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He remained Director of Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California until 2013 when he became a Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine.^[1]

McClelland is a member of the UCI Cancer Centre. He served on the NCI (National Cancer Institute) Directors Challenge panel; twelve NCI RFA and ad hoc panels, and three USDA and NSF panels. He was the Chairman of Novel Technologies RFA Study Section, and an external reviewer for the Department of Education (UK).^[1]

McClelland's works are in the areas of salmonella, cancer, prostate, breast and DNA Methylation. He serves on the Editorial board of the International Journal of Microbiology. He also works with companies to develop cancer prognosticators and cancer therapies. He served on the Editorial board of Nucleic Acids Research from 1992 to 2007. He has authored over 350 peer reviewed papers and his works have been cited over 40,000 times.^[1][3][19] He has 13 patents and his works are often featured in journals such as; Nature, Science, Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Trends in Genetics, Journal of Bacteriology, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Molecular Microbiology, Genes & Development, and Genetics.^[19]