Dr. William Bialek

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Biography

William Bialek is the John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor of Physics and a member of the multidisciplinary Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. His research addresses a wide range of theoretical physics problems motivated by phenomena in life, covering scales that range from single molecules to flocks of birds. He has received numerous honors, including the Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics from the American Physical Society and the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience. Bialek is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Doctorate Program
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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.