Originally from Great Britain, Dr. Marcus S. Cooke is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences at USF. He has a BSc in Biomedical Science (1991), MSc in Molecular Pathology and Toxicology (1993), and a PhD in Genomic Instability (1998). He was previously a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at FIU, and Associate Professor in the world-renowned Department of Genetics (e.g., home of DNA fingerprinting) at the University of Leicester, UK. Since 2005, he has led the Oxidative Stress Group, one of the foremost groups in the world undertaking translational research focusing on the environmental origins of diseases, such as cancer. His particular interest is the study of the totality of DNA damage (the DNA adductome) and its application to comprehensively study how environmental exposures affect human health throughout our lives (the exposome). Dr. Cooke has published over 136 articles in top-tier journals in his field. With an h-index of 46, he is ranked in the top 2% most cited scientists internationally. His research has been continuously funded by various government agencies, industry and/or foundations since 2000. In addition to discoveries regarding disease mechanisms, Dr. Cooke is responsible for numerous methodological advances which drive vital biomedical research. For example, his recent inventions have become an automated device for measuring DNA damage, the development of which is supported by over $2.2 million STTR and SBIR funding from NIH. Previous awards include the Society for Free Radical Research (Europe) Catherine Pasquier award, the Association for Clinical Biochemists Professors Prize for Clinical Biochemistry, a diploma from the Polish Ministry of Science for his contribution to lung cancer research, and the European Environmental Mutagen Society Young Scientist Award. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2008.