Dr. Robert Austin

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Biography

Robert Austin is a Professor of Physics at Princeton University and the head of the Robert H. Austin Research Group, focusing on Biophysics. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana in 1976, followed by a post-doctoral research position at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry from 1976 to 1979. Austin's research interests include fundamental studies of protein folding, cancer physics, bacterial communication, bacterial-phage evolution, and robotic swarms. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Austin has served as the biological physics editor for Physical Review Letters and has been active on numerous review panels for organizations such as the NIH, NSF, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and NIST. In recognition of his contributions to the field, he was awarded the Edgar Lilienfeld Prize in 2005 and the Max Delbruck Prize in 2014, both from the American Physical Society.

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Experience

Professor

— Present

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Head of the Robert H. Austin Research Group, focusing on Biophysics.

Awards

#2005

Edgar Lilienfeld Prize

#2014

Max Delbruck Prize

Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
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GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.