Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Rockefeller University’s tenth president
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 19:28
in Mathematics & Economics
The university’s Board of Trustees has elected Tessier-Lavigne to succeed Paul Nurse on March 11, 2011. A leader in the study of brain development, he is currently executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech, one the world’s leading biotech companies.