Marina Feric, Ph.D.
Tenure-track Position Assistant Professor, Penn State University - starting Jan. 2023! Center for Eukaryotic Gene Expression Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences affiliations: Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences Education Princeton University Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2016 Thesis on "mechanics of cell growth" under the mentorship of Clifford Brangwynne, Ph.D. M.A. Chemical Engineering, 2012 University of Maryland - College Park (UMCP) B.S. Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, with university honors, 2010 Training National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Tom Misteli, Ph.D. (2016-2022) |
Funding
NIH/NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Fellowship, 2018-2021
Honors and Awards
NIH FARE Travel Award, 2018, 2019
Princeton’s Art of Science Video Award: “Gravity Overpowers Big Cells”, 2014
William R. Schowalter Travel Award, Princeton University, 2013
Featured in Princeton’s School of Engineering Annual Giving Letter, 2013
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, 2010, 2011, 2012
Donald W. Collier ’44 Fellowship in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2010
Chemical Engineering Chairman’s Award, UMCP, 2010
ExxonMobil – NCS AIChE Award, 2009
Charles E. and Joan M. Waggner Endowed Scholarship, 2008, 2009
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2009
Chemical Engineering Chair’s Outstanding Sophomore Award, UMCP, 2008
NIH/NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Fellowship, 2018-2021
Honors and Awards
NIH FARE Travel Award, 2018, 2019
Princeton’s Art of Science Video Award: “Gravity Overpowers Big Cells”, 2014
William R. Schowalter Travel Award, Princeton University, 2013
Featured in Princeton’s School of Engineering Annual Giving Letter, 2013
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, 2010, 2011, 2012
Donald W. Collier ’44 Fellowship in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2010
Chemical Engineering Chairman’s Award, UMCP, 2010
ExxonMobil – NCS AIChE Award, 2009
Charles E. and Joan M. Waggner Endowed Scholarship, 2008, 2009
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2009
Chemical Engineering Chair’s Outstanding Sophomore Award, UMCP, 2008