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Associate Director, UCLA Minor in Biomedical Research
University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Clark is Assistant Adjunct Professor with the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA. Since 2007, he has served as the Associate Director of the UCLA Minor in Biomedical Research, a vertically integrated undergraduate research training program, developed by HHMI Professor Dr. Utpal Banerjee, that has trained over 1,000 students to date. Together with Dr. Banerjee and Dr. Rafael Romero, Dr. Clark is a co-developer of “research deconstruction,” a pedagogical strategy that leverages in-depth analysis of current, cutting-edge research projects to teach undergraduate students fundamental scientific concepts and the process of scientific inquiry. He is currently partnered with the California State University and community college systems to implement research deconstruction in introductory biology and chemistry courses that typically serve as gateway courses for STEM majors.

Prior to his current position, Dr. Clark earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at Harvard University, and his PhD from University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Clark’s scientific interests have included molecular characterization of gene structure, cytoskeletal polarity in RNA localization, and translational regulation of mRNA using Drosophila and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.