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Faculty

Mark Mimee

  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Department of Microbiology
  • Research and Scholarly Interests: Synthetic Biology, Microbiome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Antimicrobials, Biosensors
  • Websites: Mimee Lab
  • Contact: mmimee@uchicago.edu
    773.834.7013
  • Office Location:
    920 E 58th St, Room 1007E, Chicago, IL 60637

Mark Mimee's interest in microbial life began in Montreal, Canada, where he completed his BSc. in microbiology and immunology at McGill University. Inspired by the nascent field of synthetic biology, Prof. Mimee pursued studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completing his PhD in microbiology as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Fellow and a Qualcomm Innovation Fellow.

Mimee joined University of Chicago as an assistant professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Microbiology in 2019.