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Mark A. Batzer
LSU Boyd Professor
Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite Distinguished Professor

Mark was a devoted member of the LSU Science community for 25 years and had a profound impact on many across the College of Science, including countless students. One of the university’s most distinguished researchers with a total of 17 journal covers, he was internationally recognized for his work on transposable elements and their impact on eukaryotic genomes and genetic variation. Mark also founded the LSU Genomics Core in 2001. Further, through his generous support as Director and primary funding support of the Core, he subsidized the research of many other laboratories at LSU, contributing to numerous publications and the development of graduate students and post-doctoral staff throughout the Department of Biological Sciences and beyond. Mark will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

Former Office
A643 Life Sciences Annex

Former Labs
A647, A649, A653, A655, A657 Life Sciences Annex

Professional inquiries regarding Dr. Mark Batzer
may be emailed to Scott Herke, who will
forward them to the proper person.