Orchid Cellmark has several accredited locations worldwide.
Orchid Management Team
Sidney M. Hecht, Ph.D.
John W. Mallet Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology, University of Virginia
Sidney M. Hecht, Ph.D., has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 1995. Dr. Hecht is Director of the Center for Bioenergetics in the Biodesign Institute and Professor of Chemistry at Arizona State University. He was the John W. Mallet Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia from 1978 until 2008. From 1981 to 1987, Dr. Hecht held concurrent appointments first as Vice President, Preclinical Research and Development, and then Vice President, Chemical Research and Development at SmithKline & French Laboratories, where he was appointed a Distinguished Fellow. From 1971 to 1979, he was assistant professor and then associate professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Hecht received his B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois. He serves on the board of directors of Pinnacle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
