Editing Carl Djerassi (section)

{{Short description|American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name             =Carl Djerassi
|image            =Carl Djerassi HD2004 AIC Gold Medal crop.JPG
|image_size       =
|caption          =Djerassi in 2004
|birth_date       ={{birth date|1923|10|29|}}
|birth_place      =[[Vienna]], Austria
|death_date       ={{death date and age|2015|1|30|1923|10|29}}
|death_place      =[[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
|nationality      ={{ubl|Austrian|American|Bulgarian}}
|field            =[[Chemistry]]
| workplaces = {{Plainlist|
* [[Syntex]]
* [[Wayne State University]]
* [[Stanford University]]}}
|alma_mater       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kenyon College]] (BS)
* [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (PhD)}}
|known_for        ={{Plainlist|
* Development of [[combined oral contraceptive pill|contraceptive pill]]
* [[Djerassi Artists Residency]]}}
| website          ={{URL|http://www.djerassi.com}}
| father           = Samuel Djerassi
| mother           =  Alice Friedmann
| signature        =
| children         =2
| spouse           =
}}

'''Carl Djerassi''' (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical [[chemist]], novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with [[Diane Middlebrook|Diane Wood Middlebrook]]. He is best known for his contribution to the development of [[combined oral contraceptive pill|oral contraceptive pill]]s,<ref name=nytobit/><ref name="nature_ball">Ball P (2015) "Carl Djerassi", [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] '''519'''(7541), 34.</ref><ref name=zare>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/anie.201501335| pmid = 25809781| title = Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)| journal = Angewandte Chemie International Edition| pages = 5001–5002| year = 2015| last1 = Zare | first1 = R. N.| volume=54| issue = 17| doi-access = free}}</ref> nicknamed the "father of the pill".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/039500-000-A/mein-leben-carl-djerassi-der-vater-der-pille |title=Mein Leben – Carl Djerassi, der Vater der Pille |last=Joachim Haupt |language=de |publisher=ZDF, Arte |year=2008 |minutes=43 |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220092708/http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/039500-000-A/mein-leben-carl-djerassi-der-vater-der-pille |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>