Education
PhD. The Johns Hopkins University, 1990
B.S. University of California Davis, 1984
| 2009: | President Elect, American Society for Microbiology |
| 2008-2012: | Director, Council on Science and Technology, Princeton University |
| 2008-present: | Faculty Director for Recruiting and Diversity in the Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University |
| 2005-present: | Howard Hughes Investigator |
| 2003-2008: | Director of Graduate Studies, Princeton Department of Molecular Biology |
| 2003-present: | Professor, Princeton Department of Molecular Biology |
| 2000-2003: | Associate Professor, Princeton Department of Molecular Biology |
| 1996-present: | Associate Faculty Member, Princeton Environmental Institute |
| 1994-2000: | Assistant Professor, Princeton Department of Molecular Biology |
| 1993-1994: | Research Scientist, The Agouron Institute, La Jolla, California |
| 1990-1993: | Postdoctoral Fellow, The Agouron Institute, La Jolla, California |
| 2009: | Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences |
| 2008: | World Cultural Council Award for Scientific Merit |
| 2008: | President’s Distinguished Teaching Award, Princeton University |
| 2007: | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2006: | Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
| 2006: | American Society for Microbiology, Eli Lilly and Company Research Award |
| 2004: | American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow |
| 2004: | New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, Inventor of the Year |
| 2003: | New Jersey R and D Council, Thomas Edison Patent Award, Medical Technology |
| 2003: | Theobald Smith Society Waksman Award |
| 2002: | MacArthur Foundation Fellow |
| 2002: | American Academy of Microbiology Fellow |
Princeton Courses
MOL 101: From DNA to Human Complexity
MOL 545: Advanced Microbial Genetics