Marc K. Jenkins PhD

Marc Jenkins is an immunologist who studies CD4+ T lymphocytes. He is known for his work on the signals that these cells need to become activated by antigens, where in the body activation occurs, and how activation results in immune memory. Jenkins was born and raised in Minnesota. He received a BS degree in microbiology from the University of Minnesota in 1980 and a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Northwestern University in 1985. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Immunology at the National Institutes of Health before joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota where he is now a Regents Professor. He is a past president of the American Association of Immunologists and a recipient of the Mentoring and Lifetime Achievement Awards from that organization.