Michael J. Montague

Michael J. Montague earned his Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from The University of Michigan in 1974. Following post-doctoral studies at Stanford University, Dr. Montague began a 40-year research career with several major corporations, working on both the improvement of agricultural productivity and in pharmaceutical discovery, and additionally as a research manager, science communicator, and lecturer. During his career, he has enjoyed the immense privilege of membership on teams of research scientists who made major contributions that now benefit billions of people globally. At the same time, he worked as a card-carrying union musician, most often in the evenings, performing a wide variety of types of music, as well as arranging and composing. He has studied performance and music theory intensively with several excellent symphony musicians and teachers at Webster University in St. Louis and is most grateful for that valuable instruction. In addition, he has published original research on the acoustics of woodwind instruments.