Mark L. Lewis

Biography

 Mark has participated in the life sciences industry for over 40 years. He has held research and development, commercial, and general management roles at leading organizations including Illumina, BD Biosciences, Molecular Dynamics, Nycomed-Amersham, and Beckman Instruments. Mark serves as a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council for Biological Sciences at University of California at San Diego. He is also a co-instructor for the Professional Pathways Course for PhDs and graduate students in life sciences at UCSD. Most recently, Mark held Senior Vice President roles in Product Development, General Management, and Customer Support at Illumina, a leading supplier of systems for genetic analysis. During his time at Illumina, Mark directed the development of the HiSeq™ and MiSeq™ next-generation sequencing platforms and supporting reagents.  Mark has also developed and commercialized platforms and technologies for genotyping, flow cytometry, molecular biology, PCR, high content screening, and confocal imaging. Mark earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from University of California at San Diego.

Research Interest

 research and development, commercial, and general management