LSI Faculty

The Lewis-Sigler Institute serves as the intellectual and administrative hub of the QCB graduate program. In addition to LSI Faculty, there are many other faculty on campus who participate in the QCB Graduate Program. QCB students are welcome to do their thesis research in any of these labs.
  • Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Britt Adamson

    Research
    Cell Biology, Genetics, Functional Genomics, Technology Development

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    badamson@princeton.edu

    609-258-3109

    144 Carl Icahn Lab

  • Professor, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Joshua Akey

    Research
    Evolutionary genomics & adaptation

    Department
    The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    jakey@princeton.edu

    609-258-9383

    143 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Julien Ayroles

    Research
    Evolutionary genomics, study of human adaptation, functional genomics. We study how genes interact with each other and their environment to shape variation between individuals.

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Lewis-Sigler for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    jayroles@princeton.edu

    609-258-8422

    150 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    William Bialek

    Research
    Theoretical Biophysics; Neurobiology

    Department
    Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    wbialek@princeton.edu

    609-258-5929

    237 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Michelle Chan

    Research
    Cell and Developmental Biology, Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    |

    mmchan@princeton.edu

    609-258-1651

    146 Carl Icahn Lab

  • Professor of Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Biophysics, Quantitative approaches to systems and developmental biology.

    Department
    Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    tg2@princeton.edu

    609-258-4335

    122 Jadwin Hall

  • Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Sarah Kocher

    Research
    Evolutionary genomics & adaptation; the genetic and ecological factors that shape social behavior

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    skocher@princeton.edu

    609-258-9467

    327 Moffett Laboratory

  • Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professor in Genomics. Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    How noncoding regions of the genome function to control the differential patterns of gene expression, both spatial and temporal, that define cell behavior.

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    | Website

    msl2@princeton.edu

    609-258-8611

    140 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Molecular mechanisms of aging

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    ctmurphy@princeton.edu

    609-258-9396

    148 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Yuri Pritykin

    Research
    Computational biology, functional genomics, single-cell technologies, immunology

    Department
    Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    pritykin@princeton.edu

    245 Carl Icahn Lab

  • Professor of Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.
    Josh Rabinowitz

    Research
    Quantitative and comprehensive understanding of metabolism.

    Department
    Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    | Website

    joshr@Princeton.edu

    609-258-8985

    241 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Professor of Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
    Josh Shaevitz

    Research
    Experimental biophysics; cell shape and collective motility; animal behavior and neuroscience; musical instrument design

    Department
    Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    shaevitz@princeton.edu

    609-258-8177

    244 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Professor, Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of developmental systems. Imaging, modeling, and manipulation of dynamics in cells, tissues, and embryos

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    | Website

    stas@princeton.edu

    609-258-7071

    248 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Wang Family Professor in Computer Science and the Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Computational molecular biology, as well as its interface with machine learning and algorithms; molecular networks, cancer, disease mutations, protein sequence and structure analysis

    Department
    Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    | Website

    msingh@cs.princeton.edu

    609-258-2087

    250 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • William R. Harman '63 and Mary-Love Harman Professor in Genomics.

    Research
    Statistical genetics and genomics, population genetics and genomics, applied statistics and data science

    Department
    Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    jstorey@princeton.edu

    Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Professor of Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Biomedical informatics, computational biology, systems biology and functional genomics; interfacing biomedical science with machine learning, algorithms, and systems development

    Department
    Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    ogt@princeton.edu

    609-258-1749

    242 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences. Professor of Molecular Biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute. Associate Director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science. Director, Graduate Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology

    Research
    Biological modeling; intracellular networks; molecular biophysics

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    wingreen@princeton.edu

    609-258-8476

    243 Carl Icahn Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Research
    Develop and employ quantitative proteomics methods to obtain a systems level understanding of cellular organization

    Department
    Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

    Scholar | Website

    wuhr@princeton.edu

    609-258-7653

    246 Carl Icahn Laboratory

Other Faculty Participating

The Lewis-Sigler Institute serves as the intellectual and administrative hub of the QCB graduate program. In addition to LSI Faculty, there are many other faculty on campus who participate in the QCB Graduate Program. QCB students are welcome to do their thesis research in any of these labs.
  • Professor of Physics

    Research
    Biophysics

    Department
    Physics

    Scholar | Website

    austin@princeton.edu

    609-258-4353

    122 Jadwin Hall

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Chair of Molecular Biology
    Bonnie Bassler

    Research
    Biochemistry, Computation & Modeling, Genetics, Microbiology & Virology, Structural Biology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    bbassler@princeton.edu

    609-258-2857

    329 Lewis Thomas Lab

  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Research
    Biomolecular engineering, Cellular and tissue engineering, Theory and simulation

    Department
    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Scholar | Website

    cbrangwy@princeton.edu

    609-258-4528

    301 Hoyt Laboratory

  • Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Research
    Genetics-and-Genomics, Metabolism-and-Metabolomics, Microbiology, Modeling-and-Computation

    Department
    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    | Website

    mbrynild@princeton.edu

    609-258-1995

    205 Hoyt Laboratory

  • James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics
    Curt Callan

    Research
    Biological Physics & Particle Theory

    Department
    Physics

    | Website

    ccallan@princeton.edu

    609-258-4321

    334 Jadwin Hall

  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Daniel Cohen

    Research
    Controlling and understanding collective cell behaviors; bioelectric control of cellular function; cell-mimetic biomaterials; tissue biophysics; waterbear mechanics

    Department
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Scholar | Website

    danielcohen@princeton.edu

    Hoyt 113

  • Professor of Molecular Biology
    Ileana Cristea

    Research
    Virology, Proteomics, and Biochemistry

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    | Website

    icristea@princeton.edu

    609-258-9417

    210 Lewis Thomas Laboratory

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
    Danelle Devenport

    Research
    Cell Biology, Development & Cancer

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    | Website

    danelle@princeton.edu

    609-258-7524

    247 Lewis Thomas Lab

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology

    Research
    Biochemistry, Biomolecular Engineering, Chemical Biology, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Computation and Modeling, Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Virology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    donia@princeton.edu

    609-258-5870

    A5 Guyot Hall

  • Frederick L. Moore, Class of 1918, Professor in Finance. Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Director, Committee for Statistical Studies.

    Research
    Bioinformatics-and-Statistics, Computational Biology, Modeling-and-Computation

    Department
    Operations Research & Financial Engineering

    Scholar | Website

    jqfan@princeton.edu

    609-258-7924

    205 Sherred Hall

  • Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences, Professor of Molecular Biology
    Liz Gavis

    Research
    Developmental biology, RNA biology, Genetics, Post-transcriptional gene regulation

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    gavis@Princeton.EDU

    609-258-3857

    416 Schultz Lab

  • Edwin Grant Conklin Professor of Biology, Professor of Molecular Biology
    Zemer Gitai

    Research
    Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Development, Genetics, Microbiology & Virology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    zgitai@princeton.edu

    609-258-9420

    355 Lewis Thomas Lab

  • Professor of Molecular Biology

    Research
    Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Microbiology & Virology, Structural Biology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    hughson@princeton.edu

    609-258-4982

    215 Schultz Laboratory

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
    Martin Jonikas

    Research
    Cell biology, genomics, and engineering of photosynthetic organisms

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    mjonikas@princeton.edu

    609-258-5981

    Thomas Laboratory, 303

  • Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology
    Yibin Kang

    Research
    Cell-and-Developmental-Biology, Genetics-and-Genomics, Cancer Biology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    ykang@princeton.edu

    609-258-8834

    255 Lewis Thomas Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Andrej Kosmrlj

    Research
    Biophysics, Modeling and Computation, Cell and Developmental Biology, Computational Biology

    Department
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Scholar | Website

    andrej@princeton.edu

    609-258-8613

    D404D Engineering Quadrangle

  • Assistant Professor of Physics and Neuroscience
    Andrew Leifer

    Research
    How patterns of neural activity generate behavior in a simple animal. Using techniques and approaches from physics, engineering, genetics and computer science.

    Department
    Physics and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute

    Scholar | Website

    leifer@princeton.edu

    609-258-2973

    PNI 250

  • James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Research
    Evolution, Cooperation, Theoretical and applied ecology, Infectious diseases, Ecological economics

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Scholar | Website

    slevin@princeton.edu

    609.258.6880

    102 Guyot Hall

  • Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    Jonathan Levine

    Research
    Population, Community & Global Change Ecology

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Scholar | Website

    levinej@princeton.edu

    609-258-8256

    28 Guyot Hall

  • Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute

    Research
    Evolution, Genetics-and- Genomics, Neuroscience

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Scholar | Website

    csm7@princeton.edu

    609-258-9598

    M151 Guyot Hall

  • Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry
    Tom Muir

    Research
    Biochemistry, Cell-and-Developmental-Biology

    Department
    Chemistry

    Scholar | Website

    muir@princeton.edu

    609-258-5778

    325 Frick Chemistry Laboratory

  • Professor of Neuroscience
    Mala Murthy

    Research
    Neuroscience, Biophysics, Computational-Biology

    Department
    Princeton Neuroscience Institute

    Scholar | Website

    mmurthy@princeton.edu

    609-258-9820

    252 Neuroscience

  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
    Cameron Myhrvold

    Research
    Biochemistry, Genetic and Genomics, and Microbiology

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    cmyhrvol@princeton.edu

    609-258-2458

    Lewis Thomas Laboratory

  • Wilke Family Professor in Bioengineering
    Celeste Nelson

    Research
    Cell-and-Developmental-Biology, Bioengineering, Cancer

    Department
    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Scholar | Website

    celesten@princeton.edu

    609-258-8851

    303 Hoyt Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
    Catherine Pena

    Research
    Neuroscience, Stress, Cell-and-Developmental-Biology, Genetics-and-Genomics

    Department
    Princeton Neuroscience Institute

    Scholar | Website

    cpena@princeton.edu

    (609) 258-1914

    PNI 157

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
    Sabine Petry

    Research
    Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell-and-Developmental-Biology, Modeling-and-Computation

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    spetry@princeton.edu

    609-258-1553

    415 Schultz Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology
    Eszter Posfai

    Research
    Cell Biology, Development & Cancer

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    | Website

    eposfai@princeton.edu

    609-258-8776

    Lewis Thomas Lab 234

  • Professor of Computer Science
    Ben Raphael

    Research
    Computational biology, machine learning, cancer, single-cell and spatial technologies

    Department
    Computer Science

    Scholar | Website

    braphael@princeton.edu

    258-6314

    309 Computer Science

  • Professor of Department of Chemistry

    Research
    Biochemistry, Metabolism-and-Metabolomics

    Department
    Chemistry

    Scholar | Website

    mrseyed@princeton.edu

    609-258-5941

    333 Frick Chemistry Laboratory

  • Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Director, Program in Environmental Studies.
    Corina Tarnita

    Research
    Evolution, Genetics-and-Genomics, Modeling-and-Computation

    Department
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Scholar | Website

    ctarnita@princeton.edu

    609-258-3896

    139 Guyot Hall

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology.
    Jared Toettcher

    Research
    Cell Biology, Systems Biology, Bioengineering, Cancer, Development

    Department
    Molecular Biology

    Scholar | Website

    toettcher@princeton.edu

    609-258-1894

    140 Lewis Thomas Laboratory

  • Professor of Neuroscience

    Research
    Biochemistry, Bioinformatics-and-Statistics, Cell-and-Developmental-Biology, Computational-Biology, Genetics-and-Genomics, Modeling-and-Computation

    Department
    Princeton Neuroscience Institute

    Scholar | Website

    sswang@princeton.edu

    609-258-0388

    A55 Neuroscience

  • Professor of Chemistry
    Haw Yang

    Research
    Experimental biophysics, single-molecule protein dynamics, nano-optics, control of artificial swimmers

    Department
    Chemistry

    | Website

    hawyang@Princeton.edu

    609-258-3578

    225 Frick Laboratory

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science
    Ellen Zhong

    Research
    Machine learning, computational and structural biology, cryo-electron microscopy, 3D computer vision

    Department
    Computer Science

    Scholar | Website

    zhonge@cs.princeton.edu

    609-258-9075

    314 Computer Science