Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne | |
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Tessier-Lavigne in 2013 | |
| 11th President of Stanford University | |
| In office September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | John L. Hennessy |
| Succeeded by | Richard Saller |
| 10th President of Rockefeller University | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Nurse |
| Succeeded by | Richard P. Lifton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne December 18, 1959 Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada United States |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | McGill University (BS) New College, Oxford (BA) University College London (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco Genentech Rockefeller University Stanford University |
| Thesis | Processing of Signals and Noise in the Outer Retina of the Salamander (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Attwell |
| Other academic advisors | Thomas Jessell |
Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne (born December 18, 1959) is a Canadian-American neuroscientist. He served as the 11th president of Stanford University from 2016 to 2023 and the 10th president of Rockefeller University in New York City from 2011 to 2016.
He was a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He was formerly executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech. Since 2021, he has been on the boards of directors of Denali Therapeutics and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, as well as the scientific advisory boards of Denali Therapeutics and Agios Pharmaceuticals.
In 2022, the Stanford board of trustees opened an investigation into allegations that Tessier-Lavigne might have been involved in fabricating results in articles published between 2001 and 2008, when he was working at Genentech. In July 2023, the trustees' report was released, finding that in several papers he co-authored "there was apparent manipulation of research data by others." Tessier-Lavigne then announced that he would be stepping down as president of Stanford, effective August 31, 2023.