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Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb 

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan

B.S. Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Central Michigan University

Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M University

HHMI/NIH Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Honors and Awards: 

  • 2025 Kavli Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science Program, National Academy of Sciences
  • 2024 Rising Star in Biological, Medicinal, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (ACS Bio & Med Chem Au)
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Ed Stiefel Young Investigator Award
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
  • 2022 Kavli Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science Program, National Academy of Sciences
  • Department of Energy Early Career Award
  • NIH NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA)
  • Beckman Young Investigator Award
  • Searle Scholars Award
  • William Roush Professorship, University of Michigan
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
  • Central Michigan University Center for Applied Mathematics and Polymer Fluid Dynamics Distinguished Alumni Recognition
  • National Institutes of Health F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship (1F32GM108189)
  • Rising Star in Chemistry, University of Chicago
  • Sharon Dabney Scholarship for Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Students
  • Invited member of Texas A&M University Phi Lambda Upsilon
  • Pre-doctoral NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Research Fellowship

Also find our lab here: Program in Chemical Biology

Bridwell-Rabb Laboratory:

Alejandro Arcadio Garcia (arcadio[at]umich[dot]edu)

Austin Bruchs (abruchs[at]umich[dot]edu)

Gage T. Barroso (gbarroso[at]umich[dot]edu)

Courtney Henthorn (cohenth[at]umich[dot]edu)

Joseph Chanthakhoun (joechan[at]umich[dot]edu)

Ricardo Acevedo Magee (ricace[at]umich[dot]edu)

Sophia Barthel (sbarthel[at]umich[dot]edu)

Keaton Willard (wkwill[at]umich[dot]edu)

Eli Wang (wangeli[at]umich[dot]edu)

Hope Wang (hopwang[at]umich[dot]edu)

Alumni: 

Postdoctoral Researchers: Dr. Bin Li, Dr. Chris Perry, Dr. Patrick Donnan, Dr. Marley Brimberry, and Dr. Hunter Wilson

Graduate Students: Dr. Jianxin Liu, Dr. Minshik Jo, Dr. Jiayi Tian, Dr. Madison Knapp, Dr. David Boggs, and William Dowdle

Undergraduate students: Robert Canfield, Paul Potter, John Hartert, Gillian Wright, Alexander Chang, and David Yang