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Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University
Oct. 10, 2024

The Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows program, now in its fifth year, has selected 15 scholars for its 2024 cohort from disciplines spanning the humanities, engineering, the sciences and the social sciences. The program recognizes and supports outstanding scholars primed to make important contributions in their fields.

Bringing together scholars across academic fields, the program allows them to deepen their disciplinary expertise while testing out new ideas from other disciplines. These scholars will contribute to the University’s excellence and its diversity, broadly defined. Financial support is provided for up to two years at full salary.

Fellow Urbashi Basu, advised by assistant professor of molecular biology John Brooks, is aiming to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie circadian clock regulation of immune functions and the impact of this regulation on resistance to infection across the day-night cycle. Basu holds a Ph.D. in biology from the National Centre for Biological Sciences at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, an M.Sc. in biotechnology and a B.Sc. in microbiology from the University of Calcutta, India.

Fellow Ryan Feathers is jointly advised by assistant professor of computer science Ellen Zhong and professor of molecular biology Frederick Hughson. His research focuses on developing methods for visualizing the molecular details of dynamic protein complexes involved in intracellular trafficking by combining AI image analysis with high-resolution electron microscopy. Feathers holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell University and a B.S. in microbiology and biochemistry from Oklahoma State University.

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