Champion of ImageJ Most recently, Mark has been an ImageJ2 team member since 2020. His areas of interest include Large Language Models (LLMs), training and user experience. You can follow his latest work on GitHub.
Current priorities
These areas came from a recent Exchange of Experiences through BINA. As of Oct 2025 they are still experimental, or conceptual. Mark will be focusing on materializing them in the coming year.
- PyImageJ as a medium for LLM interaction with ImageJ/Fiji
- Fiji Learn: a “workshop in a box” and extensible framework for training new users in the Fiji ecosystem and
- Fiji LLM: first-party support for
History at LOCI
After working at LOCI for two years as a Research Assistant, Mark completed a M.S. degree in computer science and decided to stay on first as a Research Intern and then a full Softwarte Developer. Mark was a member of the core ImageJ2 development team at LOCI and lead developer and co-founder on SCIFIO from 2011-2016. He also developed the ImageJ-MATLAB project for ImageJ2/MATLAB interoperability.
He earned the title of Champion of ImageJ for his tireless enthusiasm and dedication to the community.
His previous project areas also include:
- SciJava Ops
- PyImageJ
- Jar2Lib
- cpp-wrap
- BFITK
- Documentation and tutorials throughout the wiki and larger ecosystem
Experience outside of the ImageJ ecosystem
- Development of automation and validation tools for organ transplant clinicians
- Modernization architectural engineering of Genvisis
- Contract research as a bench biochemist (once upon a time)
