Mark is the founder of http://figshare.com and a former PhD student within the Leukocyte Biology group at the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI). He is also a genetics graduate from both the University of Leeds and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Mark is the founder of figshare. He is fresh out of academia, having just completed his PhD in stem cell biology at Imperial College London, having previously studied genetics in both Newcastle and Leeds. He is passionate about open science and the potential it has to revolutionise the research community. Mark is the founder of figshare. He is fresh out of academia, having just completed his PhD in stem cell biology at Imperial College London, having previously studied genetics in both Newcastle and Leeds. He is passionate about open science and the potential it has to revolutionise the research community.