Debora S. Marks is a renowned scientist and professor with a distinguished career in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. She holds the position of Associate Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School and is a member of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University. Her research focuses on developing innovative computational methods to study protein structure, function, and evolution, with a particular emphasis on understanding the relationship between genetic variation and disease that is crucial for drug discovery.