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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1990; B.S. in Biochemistry, University of California, Davis, 1984.

Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of quorum sensing in bacteria, focusing on cell-to-cell communication and its implications for microbial pathogenesis and symbiosis.

Appointments: Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Princeton University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2002), Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2015), National Academy of Sciences member.

Publications: Author of numerous articles in journals like Nature and Cell, including 'Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Virulence and Possibilities for Its Control' (Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2012).

Additional Contributions: Delivered TED Talk on bacterial communication (2014); serves on editorial boards of major microbiology journals.