William Bialek

Born 14 August, 1960 in Los Angeles, California.

Education

1977–83: University of California at Berkeley. AB (1979) and PhD (1983) in Biophysics.

Professional experience

since 2001: Princeton University. Professor of Physics

John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics (since 2003)

Member, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (Associate Director since 2008)

Associated faculty, Department of Molecular Biology

Associated faculty, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics

Member, Programs in Neuroscience and in Biophysics (director since 2006)

1990-2001: NEC Research Institute. Fellow (1999-2001), Senior Research Scientist (1990-99).

1986-91: University of California at Berkeley. Assistant Professor of Physics and Biophysics.

1984-86: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara. Postdoctoral Fellow.

1983-84: Faculty of Physics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands. Postdoctoral Fellow.

Honors and awards

2009: Colloquium Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite de Paris VI

2008: JD Crawford Lectures in Physics, University of Pittsburgh

2007: Hendrik de Waard Lecture in Physics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Benjamin and Anne Pinkel Lecture in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania

WA Crump ’44 Lecture in Physics, St Andrew’s School

2006: President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University

Niels Bohr Lecture, Copenhagen University

2001: Dexter Lecturer in Physics, Rochester University

1998: Porter Lecturer in Physics, Vanderbilt University

1997: David H. Harris ‘22 Visiting Lecturer in Physics, MIT

1996: Fellow of the American Physical Society

1987–91: Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation

1986–87: Miller Research Fellow & Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellow

1983–84: National Science Foundation NATO Postdoctoral Fellow

1980–83: National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow

1978–80: A. B. with highest honors and distinction in general scholarship,

President’s Undergraduate Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa and ARCS Foundation Fellow

Concurrent appointments and other activities

Since 2009: The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Visiting Presidential Professor of Physics.

2007–09: Rockefeller University. Visiting Professor, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology.

since 2006: Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology, Salk Institute. Fellow.

2006-07 & 1999–2002: National Research Council. CMMP 2010 Committee (’06-07) and Board on Physics and Astronomy(’99-02).

2005-07: Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University. Consultant.

2004-08: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Advisory board (chair, 2005-06).

since 2004: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. Scientific Advisory Board.

since 2001: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati. International advisory committee.

1994-2004: University of California at San Francisco. Visiting Faculty, Sloan–Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology. Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology (2000–02).

1994–97: American Physical Society. Executive Committee, Division of Biological Physics.

since 1991: Marine Biological Laboratory. Lecturer and codirector (1998–2002) Summer Course on Computational Neuroscience; lecturer, summer course on Physiology (2007).

1991–2001: Princeton University, Department of Physics. Visiting Lecturer (1991, ‘93 & ‘98) with Rank of Professor (2000–01).

1990: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Materials and Chemical Sciences Division. Faculty Scientist.