Joseph Burckhalter
Joseph Harold Burckhalter (born October 9, 1912 in Columbia , South Carolina , † May 9, 2004 ) was an American chemist .
Burckhalter studied chemistry at the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in 1934 and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's degree in organic chemistry in 1938. He was trained in 1942 at the University of Michigan with Frederick Blick (1891–1968 ) PhD. He then worked for the Parke Davis pharmaceutical company in Detroit before becoming a professor at the University of Kansas ( College of Pharmacy ). During this time he was also at the National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan and as a Fulbright Professor in Germany. In 1960 he succeeded Views as Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (Pharmacology) at the University of Michigan. In 1982 he retired. After his retirement he was a research professor at the Florida Institute of Technology .
Together with Robert Seiwald, he developed fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), a dye for the identification of antibodies that was widely used in the diagnosis of infectious diseases and cancer ( immunofluorescence ).
In 1995 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame with Seiwald .
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- ↑ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Joseph H. Burckhalter at academictree.org, accessed on January 22, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Burckhalter, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burckhalter, Joseph Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbia , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 2004 |