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Lydia Lynch is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. She received her Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors in Cell Biology and Genetics from University College Dublin in 2002 and completed her PhD in Immunology in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Cliona O’Farrelly at the same institution. Lydia has held prestigious fellowships, including the Newman Fellowship at St. Vincent’s University Hospital and the International Marie Curie Fellowship, allowing her to further her research in immunometabolism at Harvard Medical School. She established the Immunology Obesity Lab and has engaged in international, collaborative research focusing on the connections between obesity, diabetes, and immune function. Her work investigates how innate immune cells regulate systemic metabolism and the impact of dietary influences on immune cell function. Lydia has received several accolades for her contributions to the field, including the Mark Foundation Cancer Research Emerging Leader Award and the George L. Blackburn Lecture at Harvard Medical School, and was named a Trailblazer by WXN in 2017. Her lab focuses on studying the interactions between immune systems and metabolism in both mice and humans, especially within the adipose tissue microenvironment.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.