Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne (born December 18, 1959 in Trenton, Ontario ) is a French-Canadian neuroscientist and the eleventh President of Stanford University . Prior to that, he was the President of Rockefeller University in New York . He is also a member of the Science Council of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund.
Life
Tessier-Lavigne was born in Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Europe between 7 and 17 years. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in physics. He then attended Oxford University , where he completed his studies in philosophy and physiology with a Bachelor of Arts . He received his PhD from University College London with David Attwell.
The Canadian began his career at the University of California in San Francisco , where he worked from 1991 to 2001. He then went to Stanford University that same year. In 2003, he was hired by Genentech as Senior Vice President. In 2011 Tessier-Lavigne replaced the then President of Rockefeller University Paul Nurse , whereupon he led a team of 1,400 researchers. On February 4, 2016, Stanford University announced that Tessier-Lavigne would take over the office of President of the university, which had previously been occupied by John LeRoy Hennessy .
Marc met his wife Mary while doing a postdoc at Columbia University in New York. They have three children together.
Tessier-Lavigne received the Neuronal Plasticity Prize in 1996 , the W. Alden Spencer Award in 2010 and the Gruber Prize for Neuroscience in 2020 . In 2005 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences , 2013 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2017 to the American Philosophical Society .
Individual evidence
- ^ Stanford Facts at a Glance ( Memento July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed February 26, 2017
- ^ Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Stanford's next president , accessed February 26, 2017
- ^ "A Leader in Full," accessed February 26, 2017
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tessier-Lavigne, Marc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tessier-Lavigne, Marc Trevor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Canadian neuroscientist, eleventh President of Stanford University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trenton, Ontario |