Marc Koyack, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, joined the faculty of Gwynedd Mercy University in 2022. He earned his B.S. in Biochemistry from Niagara University and his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo (where he continued as a postdoctoral fellow in the Pharmacology & Toxicology Department). Prior to joining GMercyU, Marc was a faculty member at Southern Oregon University and Bard College.
At GMercyU, Dr. Koyack teaches General Chemistry and Biochemistry. Research interests of Dr. Koyack includes the structural elucidation and biological assessment of foldamers designed to target specific protein-protein interactions, modulation of age-related oxidative stress inDrosophila, and the bioaccumulation of phthalates.