Clifford P.
Brangwynne
Clifford P. Brangwynne is a professor of chemical
and biological engineering at Princeton University,[1] Clifford P. Brangwynne
the director of the Princeton Bioengineering Initiative, Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
and the June K. Wu ’92 Professor in Engineering.[2] Harvard University
He is also a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Scientific career
Institute.[3] Fields Soft-matter physics, cell biology
Institutions Princeton University
Education
Brangwynne graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2001 with a degree in materials science and
engineering, and got his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University in 2007.[2] He served as a
postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute, working with Anthony Hyman.[2]
Awards
2023 – Dickson Prize in Medicine[4]
2023 – Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences[5]
2021 – HFSP Nakasone Award[6][7]
2021 – Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences[8]
2020 – Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists[9]
2020 – Michael and Kate Bárány Award[10]
2018 and 2019 – Finalists for Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists[11]
2018 – MacArthur Fellowship[12]
2014 – Sloan Research Fellowship[13]
2013 – National Science Foundation CAREER Award[14]
2012 – NIH Director's New Innovator Award[15]
2012 – Searle Scholars Program[16]
2008–2010 – Fellow of Helen Hay Whitney Foundation[17]
References
1. "Clifford P. Brangwynne" (https://cbe.princeton.edu/people/clifford-brangwynne). Chemical
and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
2. "CBE professor Clifford Brangwynne earns Breakthrough Prize in revolutionary cellular
research" (https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2022/09/research-award-breakthrough-
brangwynne-phase-separation-science-biology). The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 2 June
2023.
3. "Clifford P. Brangwynne" (https://www.hhmi.org/scientists/clifford-p-brangwynne). Howard
Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
4. Dickson Prize 2023 (http://www.dicksonprize.pitt.edu/recipients/2023-brangwynne.php)
5. "WINNERS OF THE 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZES IN LIFE SCIENCES,
MATHEMATICS AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS ANNOUNCED" (https://breakthroughprize.
org/News/73). Breakthrough Prize. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
6. "HFSP Nakasone Awardees" (https://www.hfsp.org/awardees/hfsp-nakasone-award).
Human Frontier Science Program.
7. "Human Frontier Science Program awards Anthony Hyman and Clifford Brangwynne the
2021 HFSP Nakasone Award" (https://www.hfsp.org/hfsp-news-events/press-release-human
-frontier-science-program-awards-anthony-hyman-and-clifford). Human Frontier Science
Program.
8. "Biomedical Sciences | Prize" (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/foundation/prize/biomedical).
www.wiley.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
9. "Honorees" (http://blavatnikawards.org/honorees/). Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
Retrieved 2022-11-27.
10. "Clifford P. Brangwynne to Receive 2020 Michael and Kate Bárány Award" (https://www.biop
hysics.org/news-room/clifford-p-brangwynne-to-receive-2020-michael-and-kate-b225r225ny-
award). The Biophysical Society. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
11. "National Finalists" (http://blavatnikawards.org/honorees/national-finalists/). Blavatnik
Awards for Young Scientists. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
12. "All Fellows" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/results?include_deceased=Include&radio=0
#searchresults). MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
13. "Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships 2014" (http://web.mit.edu/dincalab/docs/NewYorkTim
es_2014SloanResearchFellowships.pdf) (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
14. "Brangwynne Receives NSF CAREER Award" (https://cbe.princeton.edu/news/brangwynne-
receives-nsf-career-award). Princeton University. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
15. "NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program – 2012 Award Recipients" (https://commonfu
nd.nih.gov/newinnovator/awardrecipients12). National Institutes of Health. 2018-09-18.
Retrieved 2022-11-27.
16. "Brangwynne Named Searle Scholar" (https://cbe.princeton.edu/news/brangwynne-named-s
earle-scholar). Princeton University. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
17. "Clifford Paul Brangwynne" (https://web.archive.org/web/20220926153659/https://softlivingm
atter.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Brangwynne_CV_3.15.22.pdf) (PDF).
Princeton University. Archived from the original (https://softlivingmatter.princeton.edu/wp-co
ntent/uploads/2022/03/Brangwynne_CV_3.15.22.pdf) (PDF) on 2022-09-26. Retrieved
2022-11-27.
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