Mark Nitz

Mark grew up in Prince Rupert on the Northwest Coast of Canada.  He completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia.  After earning his PhD with David Bundle at the University of Alberta, Professor Nitz worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Barbara Imperiali at MIT.  He started his independent career in 2004 in the Chemistry Department at the University of Toronto and was promoted to full professor in 2014. Professor Nitz’s research program spans the areas of carbohydrate chemistry, microbial glycobiology and bioanalytical chemistry.