He has been an active PDA member for over 25 years and is presently serving on the Board of Directors and the PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference planning committee for the past few years.   Additionally, Marc has co-chaired several Technical Reports and Points to Consider publications and served on the Education, Science and ATMP Advisory Boards.

In 2020, Marc was the recipient of the James P. Agalloco award for his efforts at PDA’s Training and Research Institute, the 2022 Michael Korczynski Award for his support of PDA’s international activities and a Service Appreciation Award in 2023 for his time spent as the Microbiology/EM Interest Group co-lead. 

Marc earned his B.S. in Biology from Monmouth University and his M.S. in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics from Rutgers University.