Dr. Prindle received his BS in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego, during which time he also pursued projects at the Koch Institute at MIT. His honors include a CASI fellowship from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Aspen Center for Physics Travel Award. He is currently a Simons Foundation fellow of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation. His research interests are focused in understanding the principles behind how bacteria communicate within biofilm communities.