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Mark R. Holl was born in Champaign, IL. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, Pullman, in 1986, the M.S. and Ph.D degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1990 and 1995. From 1987 to 1989, he worked at Boeing Commercial Aircraft in Manufacturing, Research, and Development. From 1995 to 2000, he worked with Prof. Paul Yager in Bioengineering at the University of Washington to assist in the development and commercialization of micro total analysis system technologies. He was a principal inventor with Dr. Yager of a laminate-based microfluidic technology and a founding member of a startup company, Micronics, Inc. From 2000 to 2006 he collaborated with Prof. Deirdre Meldrum at the University of Washignton in developing  microfluidic technologies for biomedical and genome science applications, first as a Research Engineer (2000) and subsequently as a Research Assistant Professor (2001-2006). In 2007, he moved to the Center for Ecogenomics in the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, as a research scientist. Currently Dr. Holl maintains his affiliation with the Center for Ecogenomics, is an Investigator with the Microscale Life Sciences Center (an NIH Center of Excellence in Genomic Sciences), and is the Associate Director of Development for the Biodesign Institute Impact Accelerator. His research interests include systems integration for total analysis systems, microscale systems for biological applications, bioprocess automation, sensor development, and process characterization and control with emphasis on biomedical, genomic, and proteomic science applications.