Bonnie Bassler, PhD

Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D. has been a member of our Board since June 2020. Dr. Bassler currently serves in several roles at Princeton University, including, associated faculty member of the Department of Chemistry since 2010, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2005, Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology since 1994, and associate faculty member of the Princeton Environmental Institute since 1996. Previously, Dr. Bassler served as the Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology from 2013 to 2025 and Director of the Council on Science and Technology at Princeton University from July 2008 to June 2013. Dr. Bassler has served as a Trustee of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2014. Dr. Bassler served as a board member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from January 2012 to December 2016. She was a member of the National Science Board from January 2010 until May 2016. Dr. Bassler has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Royal Society, among other honorific organizations. She received a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of California-Davis and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the John Hopkins University.