Professor Marc Aucoin is the Associate Chair, Operations and a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He specializes in Biochemical Engineering, particularly in cell culture engineering for the production of complex biologics: from proteins (projects have included work on myristoylated proteins, antibodies and other immune-system related proteins), to DNA, to virus-like particles, viruses and viral vectors.
Prof. Aucoin completed a BASc in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Waterloo. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. He has been a member of faculty at the University of Waterloo for the last 16 years, beginning as an Assistant Professor in 2007.
