Research Interests
immunology, regulation of transcription, statistical mechanics
Education
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1988
B. of Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1983
Publications
Honors and Awards
James Swan Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2023
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Chicago, 2023
APS Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics, 2023
Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Delaware, 2022
John M. Deutch Institute Professor, MIT, 2021
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2021
John M. Prausnitz Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021
Schiesser Distinguished Lecture, Lehigh University, 2020
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2020
Inaugural annual IMES Founder’s Lecture, 2019
Doctor of Engineering honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (awarded 2019, conferred 2020)
Guggenheim Fellowship, 2018
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, 2018
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Medicine, 2017
Arthur D. Little Lectures, MIT, 2017
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Richard S. Mah Lectures, Northwestern University, 2016
Berman Memorial Lectures in Medical Physics, George Washington University, 2014
Weaver Lectures in Biophysics, UC Davis, 2014
David Ollis Lectures in Chemical Engineering, NC State University, 2013
Britton Chance Lectures in Engineering & Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2012
Bayer Lectures, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Lacey Lectures, Caltech, 2011
Katz Lectures, CCNY, 2010
Raman Memorial Lectures, India, 2009
Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2009
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 2008
Elected, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
E.O. Lawrence Award for Life Sciences, DOE, 2007
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, 2006
Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, University of Delaware, 2005
Wilber Lecture, Rice University, 2005
Doraiswamy Lecturer, Iowa State Univ. and National Chemical Laboratory, India, 2005
Dept. of Chem. Eng. Teaching Award, UC Berkeley, 2005
Engineering Foundation Endowed Lectureship, U.T. Austin, 2005
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2004
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2004
Merck Collaboratus Lectures, Rutgers University, 2004
Trotter Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004
Chemcon Distinguished Lecturer Award, Bhubaneswar, India, 2003
Robert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecturer, Caltech, 2000
Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Science, Berkeley, 1999-2000
Featured Speaker, NAE Frontiers of Engineering Meeting, 1999
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1994
AIChE, Berkeley Student Chapter, Appreciation for Distinguished Teaching, 1996-97
National Young Investigator Award, 1992-1997
Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture, University of Delaware, 1993
Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.), ICI Fellowship, 1993- 1998
Shell Young Faculty Fellow, 1989-1992
Best Review Paper, Intnl. Conference on Polymer/Solid Interfaces, Belgium, 1991