Biography
Ned S. Wingreen
Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Education
California Institute of Technology Physics B.S. 1984
Cornell University Physics M.S. 1988
Cornell University Physics Ph.D. 1989
Professional Positions
09/84 – 5/89 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow,
Lab of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University
05/89 – 9/89 Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
09/89 – 9/91 Postdoctoral Associate, Physics Department, MIT,
09/91 – 3/99 Research Scientist, Physical Sciences Division,
NEC Research Institute
04/99 – 10/02 Senior Research Scientist, Physical Sciences Division,
NEC Research Institute
08/99 – 5/00 Sabbatical Visitor, University of California, Berkeley
11/02 – 1/04 Senior Research Staff Member, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
02/04 – Present Professor, Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology
10/06 – Present Associated Faculty, Princeton University, Department of Physics
05/08 – Present Member, Princeton University, Lewis-Sigler Institute
07/11 - Present Associate Director, Princeton University, Lewis-Sigler Institute
Honors
Academic:
California Institute of Technology (1980-1984)
Presidential Scholar (1980)
Carnation Merit Scholarship (1982-1983)
Caltech Merit Scholarship (1983-1984)
Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award (1983)
McKinney Prize in Literature (1984)
Cornell University (1984-1989)
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship (1984-1989)
Professional:
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,963,571, October 5, 1999, “Quantum-Dot Cascade Laser, Ned S. Wingreen
U.S. Patent No. 5,699,215, December 16, 1997, “Non-Magnetic Magnetoresistive Reading Head Using Corbino Structure,” Stuart A. Solin, Ned S. Wingreen
U.S. Patent No. 5,692,003, November 25, 1997, “Quantum-Dot Cascade Laser,” Ned S. Wingreen, Charles A. Stafford
U.S. Patent No. 7,405,050, July 29, 2008, “Small RNAs and Bacterial Strains Involved in Quorum Sensing,” Derrick H. Lenz, Kenny C. Mok, Ned S. Wingreen, Bonnie L. Bassler
