Marc D. McKee

Professor; Full Professor with a joint appointment in: Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization (Tier 1), Government of Canada Chairs Program · Additional Faculties & Departments · McGill University

Quick answer: Marc D. McKee is Professor; Full Professor with a joint appointment in: Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization (Tier 1), Government of Canada Chairs Program at McGill University. Marc D. McKee shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.

⭐ PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS Consider marveling at, and studying, BIOMINERALIZATION as a graduate student in the McKee lab. Does the term 'biorocks' intrigue you? Might you be fascinated by how geology, mineralogy, crystallography and biology all come together in biomineralization processes that form hard bones, teeth, inner ear otoconia, kidney stones and eggshells? Are you interested in multiscale micro

Research interests

Mineralization/calcification, mineralized tissues, bones, teeth, otoconia, rare bone and tooth mineralization diseases, osteomalacia/odontomalacia, mouse models of disease, hypophosphatasia, X-linked hypophosphatemia, electron and X-ray microscopy and tomography, osteopontin, avian/reptile eggshells, synthetic crystal growth and dissolution systems, nanostructure of biominerals.

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2023] Griffanti G, McKee MD, Nazhat S (2023) Mineralization of bone extracellular matrix-like scaffolds fabricated as silk sericin-functionalized dense collagen-fibrin hybrid hydrogels. Pharmaceutics, 15:1087, https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15041087 [2023] Buss DJ, Rechav K, Reznikov N, McKee MD (2023) Mineral tessellation in mouse enthesis fibrocartilage, Achilles tendon, and Hyp calcifying enthesopathy: A shared 3D mineralization pattern. Bone, 174:116818, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2023.116818 [2023] Buss DJ, Reznikov N, McKee MD (2023) Attaching organic fibers to mineral: The case of the avian eggshell. iScience 26(12): 108425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108425 [2024] Deering J, Nelea V, McKee MD (2024) Multiscale mineralization in the leopard gecko eggshell. Adva

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