CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — The University of Virginia’s Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology has named Mark Weathers as its first-ever chief operating officer, the institute announced this week.
“We had launched a pretty large and extensive national search to identify the ideal candidate,” chief scientific officer and head of the institute Mark Esser told Cville Right Now, “and happy to report the best candidate was right here at UVA.”
Weathers will be joining the institute on Dec. 29 after serving as chief of staff for the UVA School of Medicine since 2022 and has previously helped School of Medicine and health system leadership with the selection of architecture and construction firms for the institute. Esser said Weathers, who is a civil engineer by training, was actually involved in helping design the institute’s upcoming 350,000 square foot facility at Fontaine Research Park, which is set to open in 2027…