36% of the current faculty of the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology are women. The department celebrates the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

The women of the 2023 faculty, teaching faculty, and emerita faculty of Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology include: (left to right, top to bottom) Brittany Adamson, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology & Chair; Rebecca Burdine, Professor of Molecular Biology; Michelle Chan, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics; Ileana Cristea, Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology; Anthar Darwish, Lecturer in Molecular Biology; Danelle Devenport, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology; Sarah Jane Flint, Professor of Molecular Biology, Emeritus; Elizabeth Gavis, Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences, Professor of Molecular Biology; Ai Ing Lim, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology; Laurel Lorenz, Lecturer in Molecular Biology; Karin McDonald, Lecturer in Molecular Biology; Coleen Murphy, James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences, Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; Sabine Petry, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology; Ester Posfai, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology; Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology; Gertrude Schupbach, Henry Fairfield Osborn Professor of Biology, Emeritus; Jean Schwarzbauer, Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biology & Associate Chair; Heather Thieringer, University Lecturer, Molecular Biology; Shirley Tilghman, President of the University, Emeritus, Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, Emeritus; Virginia Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus.