ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & GRADUATE OFFICER | DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN & COGNITIVE SCIENCES                                     

INVESTIGATOR | MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH                                                 

Mark joined the faculty at MIT in 2015 and was promoted to professor with tenure in 2023.  He became Graduate Officer in 2021. He received his B.A. in Biology from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.  Prior to joining MIT, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn VA.