Principal Investigator
Mark A. Batzer
2008-Present LSU System Boyd Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
2008-Present Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
2005-2008 Andrew C. Pereboom Alumni Departmental Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
2004-2005 George C. Kent Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA
2001-2004 Professor (with tenure), Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1995-2001 Assistant and Associate Professor (with tenure) Departments of Pathology (primary), Biometry & Genetics,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
1993-1995 Biomedical Scientist (Assistant Professor equivalent), Human Genome Center, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1992-1993 Postdoc Physical Mapping, Human Genome Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Livermore, CA
1988-1992 Postdoc Molecular Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Education
Ph.D. 1988 Zoology/Genetics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
M.S.
1985 Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
B.S.
1983 Zoology and Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research Interests:
- Primate Comparative Genomics
- Mobile Element Biology
- Computational Biology
- Human Genome Organization
- Human Population Genetics
E-mail: mbatzer@lsu.edu