MacKinnon Group

Marc was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He attended Wilfrid Laurier University where he worked as an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Dr. Ken Maly. After his BSc, he moved to St. John's, Newfoundland where for his Master's and Ph.D. studies in the lab of Dr. Graham Bodwell. While in Newfoundland Marc learned how to be an organic chemist working in the areas of cyclophanes and designed 𝜋-systems. Marc then moved to Hamilton, Ontario to work at McMaster University in the lab of Dr. Jakob Magolan which is housed in the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research. His postdoctoral research allowed him to change his focus to study medicinal chemistry with a focus on developing new antibiotic molecules.