Max Duane Summers (born 1939 in Ohio) is an American molecular biologist[1] and inventor,[2] known for his work on the Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS).
[1] Gale E. Smith[4] received in 1986 his Ph.D. in molecular biology with Summers as thesis advisor.
4,745,051: "Method for Producing a Recombinant baculovirus Expression Vector", with assignee the Texas A&M University System.
Their research was an important contribution to knowledge of protein targeting with many possible applications to medicine and agricultural pest control.
He was an editorial board member of Virology and the executive editor of Protein Expression and Purification.