LTC Clark is originally from Lisbon, Iowa and is the 1995 distinguished military graduate of the Army Reserve Officer Training Program at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In addition to prior service as an enlisted intelligence analyst, his past assignments include the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Alpha Company, 168th Medical Battalion (Area Support); US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense; the US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity; the Army Asymmetric Warfare Office under the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3/5/7) of the Department of the Army; and the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC).

Notably, in Iraq he served on the Army Materiel Command Field Assistance in Science and Technology Team as Special Staff to the Multinational Force and Corps in Iraq. He was directly responsible for identifying the critical shortfall of armored wheeled ground ambulances and successfully worked through the Joint Staff to fund, acquire, and field heavy armored ground ambulances for the Army and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. While serving in his follow-on appointment as Deputy Commander of the US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), he and 3 other Army representatives served as subject matter experts in the design of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) ambulance. His efforts had a significant and enduring impact on warfighter survivability across the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

Most recently, while serving as the the Deputy Director of the Plans, Programs, Analysis and Evaluation (PPA&E) Directorate of the USAMRMC, he was competitively selected to represent both the US Army Office of the Surgeon General and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) in the Army Congressional Orientation Program. In that program he served in the Office of Congressman Elijah Cummings as both the Military and Medical Legislative Assistant.

LTC Clark’s schooling includes the Command and General Staff College-Intermediate Level Education, AMEDD Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Naval Post Graduate School Advanced Acquisition Program, AMEDD Combat Casualty Care Course, Intermediate and Advanced Science and Technology Management, Program Management Tools, Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Fundamentals of System Acquisition Management, the Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Course, the Managing Medical Acquisition Programs (MMAP II) short course, IACUC 101, the Medical Service Corps Junior Officer week, and various national and international scientific meetings. He is certified at the Defense Acquisition University Level III in Science and Technology Management and Program Management. He has published six book chapters and over 15 scientific and professional articles.

LTC Clark is a recipient of the Surgeon General’s “A” proficiency designator, the highest award for professional achievement, and he is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (6th award), Army Commendation Medal (3rd award), Army Achievement Medal (2nd award), National Defense Service Medal (2nd award), Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, the Expert Field Medic Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.

Teaching
PL100: General Psychology for Leaders

Education

• Ph.D., Behavioral and Neural Science, April 2000, Rutgers University
• B.A., Magna Cum Laude/Distinguished Military Graduate, Psychology, May 1995, Coe College
• Army Medical Department “A” Proficiency Designator (Highest Recognition for Professional Excellence in Army Medicine)
• Certified Defense Acquisition Professional through Defense Acquisition University: Level III, Program Management Level III, Science and Technology Management
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute

Selected Publications

Book Chapters
Clark, M.G. (2010). Science in Action: Meeting Urgent Field Requirements through Science and Technology on the Ground in Iraq. In: PT Bartone, RH Pastel, and MA Vaitkus, (Eds.), The 71F Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for Health and Performance Gains (pp 413-424), Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press.

Sipos, M.L. and Clark, M.G. (2010). Mitigating the Medical Consequences of Exposure to Chemical Weapons: Contributions of U.S. Army Research Psychologists to Chemical Defense. In: PT Bartone, RH Pastel, and MA Vaitkus, (Eds.), The 71F Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for Health and Performance Gains (pp 341-356), Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press.

Smith, W.J, Clark, M.G., Talbot, T.B., Caple, P.A., Sidell, F.R., Hurst, C.G. (2008). Long-Term Health Effects of Chemical Threat Agents. In SD Tourinsky (Ed.), Textbook of Military Medicine, Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare (pp 311-338), Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General at TMM Publications, Borden Institute.

Saxena, A, Luo, C., Bansal, R., Sun, W., Clark, M.G., Ashani, Y., and Doctor, B.P. (2004). Human Butyrylcholinesterase: A future generation antidote for protection against organophosphate agents. In: S.J.S. Flora, J.A. Romano, S.I. Baskin, and K. Sekhar, (Eds.), Pharmacological Perspectives of Toxic Chemicals and Their Antidotes (pp 383-394), New York: Springer.

Rosen, G.D., Fitch, R.H., Clark, M., Lo Turco, J.J., Sherman, G.F., Galaburda, A.M. (2001). Animal models of developmental dyslexia: Is there a link between neocortical malformations and defects in fast auditory processing? In: M. Wolf, (Ed.), Time, Fluency, and Dyslexia (pp 129-158), Baltimore, Maryland: York Press.

Papers
Myers, T.M., Sun, W., Ramachandra, S.N., Clark, M.G., Doctor, B.P., and Saxena, A. (2012). Characterization of Human Serum Butyrylcholinesterase in Rhesus Monkeys: Behavioral and Physiological Effects. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 34, 323-30.

Clark, M.G. and Birch, H. (2011). Game changers, unforeseen developments, and increased access to advanced weaponry: Tactical to strategic perspectives and medical concerns. Presented at the 2011 Army Unified Quest Alternative Futures Symposium.

Clark, M.G. and Birch, H. (2010). Medical threats confronting future forces: The importance of integrating sub-functions in combined arms concept development and experimentation. Published online and retrieved from http://unifiedquest.army.mil.

Myers, T.M., Sun, W., Saxena, A., Doctor, B.P., Bonvillain, A.J., and Clark, M.G. (2010). Systemic administration of the potential countermeasure huperzine reversibly inhibits central and peripheral acetylcholinesterase activity without adverse cognitive-behavioral effects. Pharmacology, Biochemestry and Behavior, 94, 477-81.

Hilmas, C.J., Poole, M.J., Finneran, K, Clark, M.G. and Williams, P.T. (2009). Galantamine is a novel post-exposure therapeutic against lethal VX challenge. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 240, 166-73.

Myers, T.M. and Clark, M.G. (2006). Serial-probe recognition in rhesus macaques: Effects of midazolam. Pharmacology, Biochemestry and Behavior, 85, 555-61.

Clark, M.G., Moran, A.V., Daugherty, K.S., Lee, R.B., McMonagle, J.D., Myers, T.M., and McDonough, J.H. (2006). Persistent sleep disruption following an acute sub-lethal soman exposure in adult male rats. US Government Technical Report (DTIC number not yet assigned).

Clark, M.G., Sun, W., Myers, T.M., Bansal, R., Doctor, B.P., Saxena, A. (2005). Effects of physostigmine and human butyrylcholinesterase on acoustic startle reflex and prepulse inhibition in C57BL/6J mice. Pharmacology, Biochemestry and Behavior, 81, 497-505.

Myers, T.M., Cohn, S.I. and Clark, M.G. (2005). Acquisition and performance of two-way shuttlebox avoidance: Effects of aversive air intensity. Learning and Motivation, 36, 312-321.

Friedman, J.T., Peiffer, A.M., Clark, M.G., Benasich, A.A., and Fitch, R.H. (2004). Age and experience-related improvements in gap detection in the rat. Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research, 152, 83-91.

Clark, M.G., Vasilevsky, S., and Meyers, T.M. (2003) A comparison of air and shock shuttlebox avoidance in male C57BL/6J and 129X1/SvJ Mice. Physiology & Behavior, 78, 117-123.

Myers, T.M., Galbicka, G., Sipos, M.L., Varadi, S., Oubre, J.L., & Clark, M.G. (2002). Effects of anticholinergics on serial-probe recognition accuracy of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 73, 829-34.

Clark, M.G., Rosen, G.D., Tallal, P., & Fitch, R.H. (2000). Impaired processing of complex auditory stimuli in rats with induced cerebrocortical microgyria: An animal model of developmental language disabilities. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 (5), 828-839.

Clark, M.G., Sherman, G.F., Bimonte, H.A., & Fitch, R.H. (2000). Perceptual auditory gap detection deficits in male BXSB mice with cerebrocortical ectopias. Neuroreport, 11 (4), 693-696.

Clark, M.G., Rosen, G.D., Tallal, P., & Fitch, R.H. (2000). Impaired two-tone processing at rapid rates in male rats with induced microgyria. Brain Research, 871, 94-97.