Amazing Faculty
Princeton professors are leaders in their fields, as well as teachers and mentors on campus. Our professors inspire in the classroom, innovate in the laboratory and enrich the world’s understanding of topics spanning neuroscience and global health policy to sustainable energy and race in America. Many of Princeton’s professors are household names. Eleven current faculty members are Nobel laureates, and others are MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize recipients and members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Princeton professors have a passion for teaching, and all faculty are expected to teach and do research. Nearly 75% of our classes have fewer than 20 students, which means our faculty of world-class scholars are engaged with and accessible to undergraduates. Professors care about the well-being of their students, and students often form meaningful relationships with their professors. You will get the chance to work closely with faculty inside and outside the classroom.
The Department of Molecular Biology is the core of the life sciences at Princeton. Our faculty are fully engaged in teaching and cutting-edge research on topics ranging from molecules to genomes. All of our professors, including many with joint appointments in other departments, participate in the undergraduate program. The uncommon level of interdisciplinary interactions provides an exceptional environment for learning and research.
Bonnie Bassler
Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology Chair, Department of Molecular Biology
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