Training in chemical biology at MIT enables graduate students to address problems that transcend the traditional boundaries of chemistry and biology. Chemical biologists interrogate molecular processes that occur in human, plant, and microbial cells, as well as in viruses and animals.
Seven professors join the departments of Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
Jack Cook, Matthew Kearney, and Chemistry Major Jupneet Singh will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.
Professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz among those honored for contributions to physics.
This prize recognizes outstanding contributions to biochemical research and commitment to training younger scientists.
Professors Mark Bear and Laura Kiessling ’83 are among the newly elected members.
Wang is one of 20 scientists and engineers at the forefront of their fields to be awarded $875K for their world-changing research.
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
This significant award from the American Physical Society recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in biological physics research.