Mark Post
Mark Post | |
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Post with the first cell-cultured hamburger, 2013 | |
| Born | 20 July 1957 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Vascular Physiology and Tissue Engineering CSO of Mosa Meat |
| Employer | Maastricht University |
| Organisation | Mosa Meat |
| Known for | Cultured meat research |
Marcus Johannes "Mark" Post (born 20 July 1957) is a Dutch pharmacologist who is Professor of Vascular Physiology at Maastricht University and (until 2010) Professor of Angiogenesis in Tissue Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. On 5 August 2013, he was the first in the world to present a proof of concept for cultured meat. In 2020, he was listed by Prospect as the ninth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era.