MJA — The MJA Lab

Marc J. Adler, Ph.D.

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Marc is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biology at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). He was born in San Diego, California (USA), to a Canadian (mother) and a New Yorker (father). It took time and luck for Marc to find his deep passion for chemistry. After three years of undergraduate at UC Berkeley spent mostly floundering despite great interest in the subject, he was fortunate enough to fall under the tutelage of Prof. Chris Beaudry (Oregon St), then a graduate student in the lab of Prof. Dirk Trauner (Penn). This research experience put Marc on the path to becoming a successful chemist.

Outside of chemistry, Marc enjoys basketball (playing and watching), cooking (and eating), hip hop, snowboarding, playing softball, beer/wine/whisk(e)y, hanging out with his wife, daughter, and two sons, and keeping in touch with friends and family near and far. While at Duke, he pitched for the university's club baseball team (including a complete game shutout victory against rival UNC) and led the Chemistry Department softball team in most important offensive statistical categories. While in Oxford, he started at power forward for the university twos and was a key member on the college league champion Merton/Mansfield team of 2009-2010. He currently plays third base and hits cleanup for his championship local softball team. He has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit many countries in his life (including Cyprus, Greece, India, Jordan, Israel, Scotland, South Korea, and Sweden), and hopes to see many more.