Mark E. Hahn Senior Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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Mark Hahn first visited Woods Hole in 1966 when his father, who worked
for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., spent a week at the Marine Biological Laboratory
on business. Left to his own devices, the eight-year-old boy wandered around
the docks and spent hours at the National Marine Fisheries Service aquarium,
fascinated with the fish, seals, and turtles on display. This nascent interest
in marine biology remained quiescent while he pursued a B.S. in biological sciences
at Harpur College of SUNY Binghamton and then a Ph.D. in biochemical toxicology
at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Given the opportunity
to rekindle his marine interests through a Surdna Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
at WHOI in 1987, he turned a one-year fellowship into a thriving research program
in comparative and molecular toxicology that involves a large group of talented
colleagues. Hahn lives on Martha’s Vineyard with his wife, a kindergarten
teacher, and son.
Posted: May 25, 2005 [top] |
