Michel Bagnat, Ph.D., an associate professor of Cell Biology, has been named an HHMI Faculty Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bagnat, who studies how forces within cells can help determine the shape and size of organs, is one of 84 early-career scientists selected this year because of their potential to make unique contributions to their fields.
The new Faculty Scholars program will spend about $83 million over five years to support these scientists.