Michael Elliott (1924 to 2007) was a British chemist who worked as a Lawes Trust Senior Fellow at the Rothamsted Experimental Station. He invented and helped commercialize the modern class of pyrethroid insecticides, including bioresmethrin, permethrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin, synthetic compounds modeled on the natural insecticidal chemicals of the pyrethrum daisy, and pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets built on his chemistry have played a major part in reducing malaria deaths worldwide.
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Defining ContributionLed the Rothamsted Experimental Station team that invented and commercialized the major synthetic pyrethroid insecticides bioresmethrin, permethrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Michael Elliott, CBE, FRS, FRSC (30 September 1924-17 October 2007) was a chemist and Lawes Trust Senior Fellow at Rothamsted Experimental Station who invented and commercialised the development of novel insecticides known as pyrethroids.
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British chemist (1924-2007)
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Elliott led the team that invented the major pyrethroid insecticides bioresmethrin, permethrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin.
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