Michael D. Griffin

American physicist and aerospace engineer

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A New Hymn To God
Lingering With My Lord

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Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,656x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,871x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,733x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

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Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as deputy of technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA administrator, Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope.

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