Marc D. McKee

Academic title(s): 

Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Professor, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences.

McKee main website link: Marc D. McKee | Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences - McGill University

Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization (link)

Marc D. McKee
Contact Information
Email address: 
marc.mckee [at] mcgill.ca
Areas of interest: 

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, eggshell, synthetic crystal growth and dissolution systems, nanostructure of biominerals

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • 2019  Adele L. Boskey AwardEsteemed Award from the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
  • 2018  CP Leblond Award, Quebec provincial health research funding agency (FRQ-S) Network for Oral and Bone Health Research
  • 2018  Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization (Tier 1)Government of Canada CRC Chair Program
  • 2008  Faculty of Medicine Honour List for Educational ExcellenceMcGill University
  • 2006  James McGill ProfessorMcGill University Internal Chair Program
  • 2005  Faculty of Dentistry Howard S. Katz Award for Excellence in TeachingMcGill University
  • 2003  Basic Research in Biological Mineralization AwardDistinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research
  • 2001  William Dawson ScholarMcGill University Internal Chair Program
  • 1996  Young Investigator AwardDistinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research
  • 1996  Quebec Science (popular magazine) "Top-Ten" Discoveries of the Year, Role of osteopontin in mineralized tissues
  • 1994  Quebec Science (popular magazine) "Top-Ten" Discoveries of the Year, Bioactive coating for titanium implants
Professional activities: 
Biography: 

Marc McKee is a full professor at McGill University in Montreal with a joint appointment in the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, and in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology).  He holds the Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization.  He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from McGill University in cell biology, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard University and The Children's Hospital in Boston.  He then held academic appointments at the Forsyth Institute in Boston (1989), and at the University of Montreal (1990), after which he moved to McGill University in 1998.

McKee has received the following distinctions: 

  • 2019  Adele L. Boskey AwardEsteemed Award from the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
  • 2018  CP Leblond Award, Quebec provincial health research funding agency (FRQ-S) Network for Oral and Bone Health Research
  • 2018  Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization (Tier 1)Government of Canada CRC Chair Program
  • 2008  Faculty of Medicine Honour List for Educational ExcellenceMcGill University
  • 2006  James McGill ProfessorMcGill University Internal Chair Program
  • 2005  Faculty of Dentistry Howard S. Katz Award for Excellence in TeachingMcGill University
  • 2003  Basic Research in Biological Mineralization AwardDistinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research
  • 2001  William Dawson ScholarMcGill University Internal Chair Program
  • 1996  Young Investigator AwardDistinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research
  • 1996  Quebec Science (popular magazine) "Top-Ten" Discoveries of the Year, Role of osteopontin in mineralized tissues
  • 1994  Quebec Science (popular magazine) "Top-Ten" Discoveries of the Year, Bioactive coating for titanium implants

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