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4.08/20/2025

Inspires confidence and independent thinking.

4.05/21/2025

Always fair, encouraging, and motivating.

5.03/31/2025

Creates a welcoming and inclusive environment.

4.02/27/2025

Makes learning exciting and impactful.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Mark

Mark Lucock is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Science (Applied Sciences) at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he joined in 2003. He earned his PhD from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Lucock has established an international reputation in nutritional genetics and epigenetics related to genes coding for proteins in vitamin D and folate/B vitamin metabolism. His research explores the role of diet in human ecology, including health, disease, and evolutionary biology, with emphasis on vitamin chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, and their significance. Key areas include vitamins in developmental and degenerative disorders, evolutionary medicine contrasting ancestral genes with contemporary diets, developmental origins of adult disease, epigenetics, nutrients for healthy ageing, nutritional pharmacology, vitamin D and UV exposure, folic acid and dependent genes, nutrigenomics, personalised nutrition, and biological adaptation.