Who Is Marc Tessier-Lavigne?, Age, Height, Education, Family, Net Worth: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, officially known as Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne is a Canadian-American neuroscientist.
At the time of this writing (Friday, July 21, 2023), he serves as the 11th president of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California.
Previously, Tessier-Lavigne was a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and then president of Rockefeller University in New York City.
He’s credited with breakthrough research into the cause of Alzheimer’s disease and is a member of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Tessier-Lavigne was formerly the executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech.
As of 2021, the renowned neuroscientist is part of the boards of directors of Denali Therapeutics and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Tessier-Lavigne is also a member of the scientific advisory boards of Denali Therapeutics and Agios Pharmaceuticals.
For the past few months, he has been in the news following an investigation by Stanford University into allegations of his involvement in fabricating results
In 2022, the University opened investigations into allegations of Tessier-Lavigne’s involvement in fabricating results in articles published between 2001 and 2008.
In July 2023, the investigative report was released by a special committee of Stanford’s Board of Trustees.
Following the release of the report, Tessier-Lavigne hit major headlines after he announced on Wednesday, July 19 that he would be stepping down as president of Stanford.
His resignation which was announced in an open letter to the University, will be effective on August 31, 2023 though he will remain on the Stanford faculty.

In a statement, Tessier-Lavigne said that he was cleared of “any fraud or falsification of scientific data” but that “for the good of the University, I have made the decision to step down as President effective August 31.”
His resignation comes after he learned the investigation results into his past research confirmed data manipulation in scientific papers that he co-authored and found that he took insufficient steps to correct them.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Date Of Birth
Marc Tessier-Lavigne was born in 1959 in Trenton, Ontario, Canada. His day and month of birth are unknown at this time of writing. However, as of July 2023, he’s 64 years old.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Height & Weight
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s height and weight are unknown at this time of writing.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Education
Not much is known about the educational background of the Canadian-American neuroscientist. However, per our checks, Marc Tessier-Lavigne holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in physics from McGill University.
He also has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in philosophy and physiology from New College, Oxford, and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from University College London
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Family
Marc Tessier-Lavigne was born in Trenton, Ontario, Canada to his parents. Though he’s famous, there’s no information regarding his parents as their name, date of birth, age, educational background, and occupation are unknown at this time of writing.
The Canadian-American neuroscientist has never shared any information regarding his siblings hence we can’t state whether or not he’s the only child of his parents. There are no records about that.
Tessier-Lavigne is married to Mary Hynes but it’s unclear when they tied the knot. The pair met while Tessier-Lavigne was a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia.
Mary is a leading expert on the development of dopaminergic neurons, critical nerve cells whose degeneration causes the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Tessier-Lavigne is blessed with three children; Ella Tessier-Lavigne, Christian Tessier-Lavigne, and Kyle Tessier-Lavigne. The Canadian-American neuroscientist shares all three children with his wife, Mary Hynes.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Net Worth
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s net worth was unknown at this time of writing. However, he’s believed to have earned a reasonable amount of money as a neuroscientist.
He has led several sprawling and productive research laboratories at the University of California, San Francisco, the company Genentech and Stanford.
Some of Tessier-Lavigne’s most important work has focused on mechanisms that could be responsible for brain degeneration and diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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