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Mark Joseph Pincus

Tucson

Summary

Passionate, results-driven K-12 education leader with extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and classroom management. Known for implementing restorative disciplinary practices that foster positive relationships and promote student achievement. Committed to enhancing academic outcomes through clear communication and collaboration with faculty and parents.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Founding Head of Operations

BASIS.ed - BASIS Plano
Scottsdale
01.2025 - 08.2025
  • Oversaw the physical operation of a 120,000 square foot school including security, IT, VOIP, and copiers with a faculty and staff of 120 and students capacity of approximately 1,500
  • Collaborated with the Head of School to hire the founding faculty and staff of the school
  • Managed the school budget by in partnership with the school finance department, following standard school financial accounting practices
  • Served as the human resources representative for faculty and staff in partnership with the central human resources team
  • Established school evacuation plans (fire and tornado), trained faculty and staff, and scheduled required drills (fire, tornado, and lockdown)

Dean of Students

BASIS.ed - BASIS Tucson North
Scottsdale
07.2023 - 03.2025
  • Member of the leadership team at BASIS Tucson North that earned the 2025 ranking by U.S. News & World Report as the #1 Public High School in the United States of America
  • In the absence of a qualified instructor, served as the interim AP Statistics instructor (December 2024 - March 2025) where 100% of the students scored 3 or higher (82% scored a 4 or 5) in the 2025 testing
  • Utilized progressive and restorative disciplinary practices to foster positive student relationships
  • Led teachers in classroom management, differentiation of instruction, navigating student/parent/teacher conflict
  • Clear, consistent, concise, and timely communication with the BASIS Tucson North community via email, phone, Parent Square, and in-person meetings
  • Implemented incentives to increase student academic achievement (i.e. Fun Friday for the 8th Graders)
  • Mentored high school seniors in the planning, execution, and completion of Senior Research Projects

Assistant Principal of Facilities and Operations

Amphitheater Public School - Ironwood Ridge HS
Oro Valley
07.2022 - 06.2023
  • Responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of an 89-acre campus of instructional spaces, athletics facilities, fine arts facilities, parking lots, and campus infrastructure
  • Completed evaluations of teaching faculty (5 new and 12 continuing teachers) using the Charlotte Danielson model
  • Planned, with the principal, for the opening of a Pre-School during the 2023-2024 school year
  • Proactively participated in student activities, visited classrooms, available to students and parents before, during, and after school
  • Supported students by attending athletic, fine arts, and social activities

Translational Patient Cell Models Technology Leader

Icagen, Inc.
Oro Valley
07.2016 - 08.2018
  • Responsible for the sourcing (established CDAs and MTAs when needed through direct interaction with attorneys for both parties), acquisition, and generation of human patient cells (primary and iPSCs) to be used in the development of biologically relevant cellular models
  • Worked with potential clients to understand research needs, develops project work plans, quotes projects, interfaces with clients as a Project Manager to ensure delivery of research results in accordance with timelines concluding with the delivery of a comprehensive study report
  • Served as a Project Team Leader for an internal Icagen drug discovery project, that was externally funded through a grant from the FSHD Global Research Foundation, coordinating necessary resources, delivering results according to project milestones, and interfacing with an academic partner through clear and consistent communication
  • Responsible for the coordination of in vivo research through the use of vivarium space at the University of Arizona
  • Supervised a post-doc and researcher, validated appropriate techniques, coordinated use of the facility and the completion of appropriate paperwork, reported on progress of in vivo projects and performance of the post-doc and researcher to Icagen senior management
  • Worked with a team of scientists to contribute to the strategic direction of a new biotechnology company

Translational Patient Cell Models Technology Leader

Sanofi, U.S.
Oro Valley
09.2013 - 07.2016
  • Sourcing (established CDAs and MTAs when needed through direct interaction with attorneys for both parties), propagation, and development of relevant patient based cellular models for the identification of small molecules
  • Generation and differentiation of iPSCs to human skeletal muscle, cardiomyocytes, and neurons for use in assay development and functional 2D and 3D in vitro models
  • Skilled at communicating the needs of the project team with internal and external partners
  • Worked side-by-side at the bench with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University to learn and share techniques to meet project goals and timelines
  • Self-directed, detail-orientated, goal driven director of external academic collaborations
  • Established and led a relationship with the University of Arizona for the use of vivarium facilities, interfaced with the IACUC to ensure that our in vivo research is in alignment with AALAC accreditation, and developed AUPs to ensure the humane treated of experimental animals
  • Supervised a post-doc and researcher, validated appropriate technique, coordinated use of the facility and the completion of appropriate paperwork, reported on progress of in vivo projects and performance of the post-doc and researcher to Sanofi senior management
  • Routinely contributed to project progression milestones in support of project team and departmental goals

Research Biologist

Pfizer, Inc.
Chesterfield
08.1999 - 09.2002
  • The point of contact with a tissue acquisition company who effectively communicated the needs of Pharmacia Corporation through the design of a beta test to acquire human cartilage from normal and osteoarthritis (early and late-stage) donors for internal analysis in the drug discovery effort
  • Contributed to the development of project proposals to search for drugable targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis through in vitro, in vivo, genetic, and literature identification
  • Evaluated ISIS Pharmaceuticals to replace an existing collaboration with Sequitur, Inc. to establish a new source of antisense reagents to facilitate in vitro and in vivo gene functional analysis through antisense mediated target modulation. Acted as the Arthritis and Inflammation liaison between Pharmacia Corporation and ISIS Pharmaceuticals as well as beta-testing the GeneTrove hGF database to critically evaluate the ISIS data in the search for potential therapeutic targets
  • Actively participated on the evaluation team for the development of antisense technologies with Sequitur, Inc. by designing TaqMan probe/primer sets against hits from a yeast-2-hybrid screen, transfecting mammalian cells with antisense ODNs, completing the TaqMan analysis, evaluating the data using Sequence Detector software, coordinating ELISA or Luminex analysis for secreted cytokines, and Western Blot analysis
  • Conceived, implemented, and organized the First Pharmacia Global Antisense Symposium (October 2001) to gather Pharmacia's worldwide antisense researchers to share data, develop protocols, propose the future direction of antisense research at Pharmacia, and to establish a communication and support network

Associate Research Biologist

Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.
Bridgewater
06.1998 - 07.1999
  • Became efficient in the skills required for mammalian and insect cell culture
  • Learned techniques used to test potential therapeutic compounds in vitro
  • Used the ABI 7700 Sequence Detector to quantitate PCR product produced through the use of reporter fluorescence (TaqMan)
  • Performed PCR to amplify potential targets and cloned these products into appropriate vectors
  • Utilized E. coli and insect cells to express recombinant proteins and purified these proteins for use in downstream assays as well as antibody production

Education

Master of Education - Educational Leadership

The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
05-2022

Master of Science - Biological Sciences

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
08-1998

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
05-1996

Skills

  • Visionary educational leadership that drives program development and implementation
  • Data driven academic support to promote student engagement
  • Relationship builder to optimize key stakeholder engagement
  • Curriculum development to drive classroom management strategies that promote student mentorship
  • Compassionate conflict resolution
  • Student centered task prioritization
  • Critical thinker who solves problems

Affiliations

National Association of Biology Teachers, 2019 - 2023

Publications

  • Optical Clearing of Skeletal Muscle Bundles Engineered in 3-D Printed Templates, Ariyasinghe NR, Santoso JW, Gupta D, Pincus MJ, August PR, McCain ML, Ann Biomed Eng, 08/03/2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02583-0
  • Diseas-In-A-Dish: Leveraging in vitro human models to advance drug discovery, Pincus, MJ and August, PR, Pharma's Almanac, Q2 2017, 3, 2, 16-18
  • Laminin 521 maintains differentiation potential of mouse and human satellite cell-derived myoblasts during long-term culture expansion, Penton CM, Badarinarayana V, Prisco J, Powers E, Pincus M, Allen R.E., August PR, Skelet Muscle, 12/13/2016, 6, 1, 44
  • A human in vitro model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy muscle formation and contractility, Nesmith AP, Wagner MA, Pasqualini FS, O'Connor BB, Pincus MJ, August PR, Parker KK, J Cell Biol, 10/10/2016, 215, 1, 47-56

References

Available Upon Request

Honors And Awards

  • Smith Graduate Scholarship Recipient, University of Arizona, 08/2021
  • Wood Badge Leadership Training, Boy Scouts of America - Catalina Council, 03/2012
  • Young Alumnus of Distinction Award, Saint Vincent College, 10/2008

Grants

  • Anatomy-In-Clay, Amphitheater Foundation, $8,806.36, 03/2021 - 12/2021
  • Restriction Digestion, Purification of DNA Fragments, and Cloning into Plasmids, Amphitheater Foundation, $999.55, 03/2018 - 03/2019
  • Small molecule inhibitors of DUX4 as FSHD therapeutics, FSHD Global Research Foundation, $300,000 ASD, 10/2016 - 10/2018

Certification

  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI Trained)
  • CPR

Timeline

Founding Head of Operations

BASIS.ed - BASIS Plano
01.2025 - 08.2025

Dean of Students

BASIS.ed - BASIS Tucson North
07.2023 - 03.2025

Assistant Principal of Facilities and Operations

Amphitheater Public School - Ironwood Ridge HS
07.2022 - 06.2023

Translational Patient Cell Models Technology Leader

Icagen, Inc.
07.2016 - 08.2018

Translational Patient Cell Models Technology Leader

Sanofi, U.S.
09.2013 - 07.2016

Research Biologist

Pfizer, Inc.
08.1999 - 09.2002

Associate Research Biologist

Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.
06.1998 - 07.1999

Master of Education - Educational Leadership

The University of Arizona

Master of Science - Biological Sciences

Duquesne University

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Saint Vincent College

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