News
- Jul 2026: Virginia wins the the ACS Eli Lilly Emerging Talent Award
- Jul 2026: Pablo and Ananya publish co-first author perspective in Current Opinion in Structural Biology
- Jun 2026: Jerelle and Nate attend IDP GRC in Switzerland; Nate presents a poster; Jerelle gives an invited talk
- Jun 2026: Ayushi, Trinity and Trevor join the group as summer undergraduate researchers
- May 2026: Group celebrates graduating seniors and visiting alumni
- May 2026: Group goes kayaking
- May 2026: Jerelle receives President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University
- May 2026: Jerelle receives Graduate Mentoring Award, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School, Princeton University
- May 2026: Jerelle receives Howard B. Wentz Award (for excellence in research and teaching), School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University
- May 2026: Ananya delivers presentation at a meeting of the Academic and Administrative Managers Group (AAMG), Princeton University
- May 2026: Nate, Virginia and Pablo present flash talks at the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science “Physics in the Cytoplasm” workshop
- May 2026: Ananya gives her Hack Award presentation; Virgina accepts a Hack Award
- Apr 2026: Group alumni Ian, Paul N and Dhyey all win NSF GRFP awards
- Apr-May 2026: Nilbert, Kelih, Michael, Andrew and Harry all successfully complete their senior theses and graduate from Princeton
- Apr 2026: Virginia wins HMEI Hack ‘69 Fund for Water Research Award
- Apr 2026: Virginia wins 2026 Community Opportunity and Action Travel Award, sponsored by the Hans Neurath Foundation. Protein Society
- Apr 2026: Olivia and Megan successfully present their junior independent work
- Mar 2025: Sam joins the group as a graduate student in Chemistry, co-advised by Prof. William Jacobs
- Mar 2025: Ananya wins Outstanding Student Award, Graduate School, Princeton
- Mar 2025: Trinity secures summer internship via ReMatch+ Summer Program: “Honorable Edward R. Finch '41 Senior Thesis Research Fund"
- Mar 2025: Alina receives award for computer time on Anton
- Feb 2026: Pablo publishes first-author paper in JCP on condensate viscoelasticity! Pablo's paper was also selected as Editor's Pick and featured as a Scilight
- Feb 2026: Jerelle gives the Quantitative Biology & Physics, Engineering and Biology (PEB) Distinguished Seminar at Yale University
- Feb 2026: Virginia wins Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award
- Feb 2026: Nate, Virginia, Ananya, and Pablo attend Biophysical Annual Meeting; Nate and Ananya deliver talks; Pablo and Virginia present posters
- Feb 2026: Jerelle gives invited talk at GRC on Colloidal, Macromolecular, and Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura, CA
- Feb 2026: Group takes Dominic for lunch to celebrate his birthday
- Jan 2026: Jerelle gives invited Theory Lunch Talk at Rockefeller University
- Jan 2026: Jerelle gives invited talk at the Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease Conference, Melbourne, FL
- Jan 2026: Emir joins the group as a graduate student in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Jan 2026: Group holds group lunch at Roti Plus!
- Dec 2025: Group hosts third annual holiday party!
- Dec 2025: Alina publishes co-first author review in Advances in Physics X on using atomistic simulations, coarse-grained modeling, and data-driven approaches for understanding and engineering condensates
- Dec 2025: Virginia presents Phase Group Seminar at Princeton
- Nov 2025: Daniel, Morat, and Pablo's paper on condensate microstructure is featured on the cover of Soft Matter!
- Nov 2025: Virginia and Nate win travel awards from the Biophysical Society
- Nov 2025: Jerelle gives invited seminar at the Physics of Life Symposium, The CUNY Graduate Center, NY
- Nov 2025: Jerelle gives invited seminar at the Center for Soft and Living Matter, University of Pennsylvania
- Nov 2025: Jerelle, Morat and Alina attend AIChE meeting in Boston; Morat and Alina present research talks
- Oct 2025: Jerelle gives invited seminar at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
- Oct 2025: Jerelle gives (virtual) invited seminar at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- Oct 2025: Jerelle gives invited seminar at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
- Oct 2025: Jerelle gives invited seminar at the Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers University
- Sep 2025: Nate and Morat's paper in collaboration with David Zwicker's group is published in ACS Macro Letters! The work combines theory and simulation to develop a framework for understanding how charges asymmetries of molecules affect the determine the of condensates
- Sep 2025: Daniel, Morat and Pablo's paper on condensate microstructure is published in Soft Matter!
- Sep 2025: Ananya's paper on predicting thermoresponsive phase transitions of intrinsically disordered proteins is published in Protein Science!
- Sep 2025: Alina presents poster at the 6th Molecular Simulation Workshop at NJIT
- Sep 2025: Ananya wins the Inaugural Community Engagement Award, ODBI
- Sep 2025: Joseph Group attends ODBI retreat; Nate presents a talk; Pablo, Yashraj and Virginia present posters
- Sep 2025: Group holds BBQ in Princeton
- Jul 2025: Alina, Pablo and Daniel publish paper in JACS Au on predicting small-molecule partitioning into condensates. The work is also featured on the journal cover and selected as ACS Editors' Choice!
- Jun 2025: Morat and Pablo attend KITP program on condensates (Santa Barbara)
- Jun 2025: David, Makena, Maria and Dhyey join the group as summer REU students
- May-Jul 2025: Jerelle co-leads program on “Physical principles shaping biomolecular condensates” at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara)
- Mar 2025: Jerelle receives a Great Teaching Award Letter from SEAS!
- Mar 2025: Ananya delivers a talk at IDP Seminars!
- Mar 2025: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Symposium on Responsive Colloidal Networks, ACS Spring Meeting, San Diego CA
- Mar 2025: Ian, Nate and Ananya present their work at APS Meeting in California
- Mar 2025: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Focus Session on Biomolecular Condensates, APS (DBIO), Global Physics Summit, Anaheim, CA
- Mar 2025: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Focus Session on Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Polymer Complexes and Coacervates, APS (DPOLY), Global Physics Summit, Anaheim, CA
- Mar 2025: Megan receives OURSIP fellowship for pursing summer research!
- Feb 2025: Ethan wins Sachs scholarship!
- Feb 2025: Daniel wins best poster in the Biophysical Society Undergraduate Poster Award Competition (UPAC)!
- Feb 2025: Morat presents his research and chairs at BPS Annual meeting in California
- Feb 2025: Jerelle publishes paper on scaling laws for phase separation of prion-like low complexity domains in elife!
- Jan 2025: Mike and Olivia B join the group for junior independent work. Megan and Mandy join the group to learn simulation techniques
- Jan 2025: Nate's review article on structured protein domains in biomolecular condensates is published in TIBS!
- Jan 2025: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the 13th International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Houston, TX
- Jan 2025: Virginia and Pablo pass their first prop and are now officially PhD candidates!
- Jan 2025: Group receives grant from the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab!
- Dec 2024: Group holds 2nd annual holiday party!
- Dec 2024: Group holds dinner to welcome new grad student Dominic!
- Dec 2024: Group attends CBE holiday party
- Nov 2024: Morat wins PCCM Poster Prize!
- Nov 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Seminar, Iowa State University
- Nov 2024: Morat's paper on accelerating simulations of RNA clusters is published in JCTC!
- Oct 2024: Daniel wins poster prize at Bioengineering retreat
- Oct 2024: Ananya presents her research at the Bioengineering Retreat
- Oct 2024: Nate presents his pre-print on charged condensates at Phase Group meeting
- Oct 2024: Group lunch at Ficcus
- Oct 2024: Nate and Ananya present their work at the CBE Graduate Student Symposium!
- Oct 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk (keynote lecture) at the 2nd NanoBioNYC Annual Meeting, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY, NYC
- Oct 2024: Arya joins the group as a visiting scholar
- Sep 2024: Morat wins lightning talk prize at Condensates Day
- Sep 2024: Caroline receives George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize for exceptional academic achievement!
- Sep 2024: Hein and Robert join the group for rotations
- Sep 2024: Olivia joins the group for CBE junior independent work
- Sep 2024: Ethan joins the group for his senior thesis in CBE
- Aug 2024: Ananya is named GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow!
- Aug 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Symposium on Elucidating the Chemical Specificity of Biomolecular Condensates, ACSFall Meeting, CO
- Aug 2024: Jerelle wins NIH (R35) award for early stage investigators!
- Aug 2024: Mihir wins best poster at BE-SURE!
- Aug 2024: Paul N, Mihir, John, and Daniel present their summer research
- Jul 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Protein Society 38th Annual Symposium, Vancouver Canada:
- Jul 2024: Group goes blueberry picking!
- Jul 2024: Group host Prof David Wales (Jerelle's PhD advisor)
- Jun 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk (keynote award lecture) at International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) Congress, Kyoto Japan
- Jun 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Flat Iron Institute: Center for Computational Mathematics
- Jun 2024: Mihir (BE-SURE), Harry (OURSIP) and John (REU Comp. bio.) join the group for summer research. Paul N returns as part of the BE-SURE REU. Dan and Ian continue research as OURSIP fellows
- May 2024: Ananya wins HMEI PECS Fellowship!
- May 2024: Morat and Jerelle attend CZI Exploratory Cell Networks meeting in California
- May 2024: Safaa defends her senior thesis!
- May 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Department of Chemistry Seminar, Dartmouth, NH
- Apr 2024: Ananya receives NSGF GRFP Honorable Mention!
- Apr 2024: Group receives funding from ODBI for collaborative project with the Kleiner Lab
- Mar 2024: Jerelle receives commendation from SEAS for outstanding teaching
- Mar 2024: Ian and Daniel earn OUSIP fellowships for conducting summer research!
- Mar 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Symposium on Bioinspired Coacervates, ACS Spring Meeting, LA
- Mar 2024: Morat, Alina and Ananya attend APS Meeting in Minnesota and present their work
- Mar 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Berkeley Nano Seminar, UC Berkeley, CA
- Feb 2024: Group receives Innovation Grant from SEAS!
- Feb 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Center for Simulational Physics Workshop, University of Georgia
- Feb 2024: Jerelle gives keynote talk at The Future of Biophysics Symposium, Biophysical Society Meeting, Philadelphia PA
- Feb 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Subgroup Symposium, Biophysical Society Meeting, Philadelphia PA
- Feb 2024: Group goes to BPS in Philly! Morat and Alina present posters. Ananya gives a platform talk
- Jan 2024: Ananya and Nate pass their first prop exams and are now officially PhD candidates!
- Jan 2024: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar (Raizziss Rounds), University of Pennsylvania
- Jan 2024: Group welcomes new CBE graduate students, Pablo and Virginia. Virginia is co-advised with Jose Avalos.
- Dec 2023: Group holds first holiday party
- Nov 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at the Chemical Engineering Fall Seminar, UC Davis
- Oct 2023: Group wins collaborative grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
- Oct 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Biomolecular Condensate Symposium, Duke University
- Oct 2023: Group lunch at Tacoria!
- Sep 2023: Jerelle gives an invited virtual talk at The Inaugural Lennard‑Jones Centre Meeting: Theory and Molecular Simulation in the Physical Sciences, Cambridge, UK
- Sep 2023: Safaa joins the group for her CBE senior thesis. Ian, Daniel, and Caroline join the group for Junior independent work in CBE. Kelih joins the group for sophomore research in MOL
- Aug 2023: Paul B, Paul N and Nicole present their summer research
- Jul 2023: Jerelle gives an invited virtual talk at IRTG lecture circle of TRR146, Germany
- July 2023: Alina Emelianova joins the group as a postdoctoral research scholar. Alina completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering at NJIT
- Jun 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Colloid and Interface Symposium (COINS), Philadelphia PA
- Jun 2023: Jerelle gives an invited virtual talk at Biological Physics/Physical biology (BPPB) Seminar
- Jun 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Mainz Materials Simulation Days (MMSD), Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
- Jun 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Molecular Simulation Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark NJ
- Jun 2023: Ayala (California State University Northridge), Paul N (U. of Southern Alabama) and Paul B (Rutgers U.) join the group summer REU students
- Jun 2023: Group welcomes first postdoctoral research scholar, Dilimulati (Morat) Aierken. Morat completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Georgia
- May 2023: Group social at Jerelle's residence
- April 2023: Group receives funding from PBI (now ODBI) for collaborative project with the Conway Lab
- April 2023: Ananya and Jerelle (along with PCCM) do exhibition for Spring Into Science
- Mar 2023: Jerelle gives an invited virtual talk at IDP Seminars
- Mar 2023: Group lunch and painting!
- Mar 2023: Jerelle joins PCCM to do exhibition for the Young Women's Conference
- Feb 2023: Jerelle gives an invited talk at Black in Biophysics: The Next Generation (President’s Symposium), Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego CA,
- Feb 2023: First group lunch with Nate, Ananya and Jerelle
- Jan 2023: Group receives seed funding from PCCM (an NSF MRSEC)!
- Jan 2023: Ananya and Nate joins the group, as first two graduate students
- Jan 2023: Joseph Group at Princeton begins!
