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Martin Jonikas obtained a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004 and completed his Ph.D. in 2009 at the University of California, San Francisco, working with Jonathan Weissman, Maya Schuldiner, and Peter Walter on high-throughput genetics and protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. In 2010, he started his laboratory at the Carnegie Institution for Science on the Stanford campus, and in 2016, he moved his laboratory to Princeton University, where he is currently a Professor of Molecular Biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. His research focuses on the biogenesis and engineering of the pyrenoid, a phase-separated organelle that enhances CO2 capture in eukaryotic algae, which is important for understanding the planet’s carbon cycle. Jonikas has received several prestigious awards, including the 2010 Air Force Young Investigator Award and the 2022 Melvin Calvin-Andrew Benson Award.
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