Staff Profile

Mark Hahn

Preferred Name: Mark E Hahn

SENIOR SCIENTIST

BIOLOGY

Email: mhahn@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 3242

Office: REDFIELD 304B 

Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 32
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Website: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/hahnlab/

Lab/Group Site: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/hahnlab/

Education

B.S. Biological Sciences, 1980, Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton M.S. Toxicology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY Ph.D. Toxicology, 1988, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY

Research Interests

Comparative biochemistry and molecular mechanisms of chemical-biological interactions in aquatic animals; receptor-mediated mechanisms of gene regulation and toxicity; mechanisms of adaptation and acquired resistance; aquatic animal models in toxicology; molecular evolution of transcription factors involved in environmental sensing; mechanisms of response to oxidative stress; biological effects of marine natural products; comparative genomics; role of microRNAs in developmental toxicity; harmful algal bloom toxins; microplastics and nanoplastics.