Todd Mockler is an associate member and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Distinguished Investigator at the Danforth Center. He is part of the team of scientists working in the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels. Todd¹s lab applies cutting edge technology and pioneers new analytical techniques to better understand plant genomes. Prior to joining the Danforth Center in 2011, Dr. Mockler was Associate Professor at Oregon State University. He was also a member of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (part of the Computational and Genome Biology Initiative) and a member of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of California – Los Angeles and his B.A. in Molecular Biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Dr. Mockler was a postdoctoral associate at the Salk Institute in LaJolla, California.

Prior to joining the Danforth Center in 2011, Todd was an associate professor at Oregon State University. He was also a member of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and a member of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. Todd did his post-doctoral work at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. He earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and his bachelor¹s degree in biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.