Jonathan Conway

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Research interests: Plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions at plant-microbe interfaces

Two researchers in lab equipment examine a vial with solution.

The proteins that could turn corn stalks into fuel

Two researchers in lab coats examining seedlings growing in a petri dish. — Postdoctoral research associate Samuel Eastman (left), 2024 Princeton graduate Kaeli Ficco (right), and their colleagues uncovered a mechanism by which soil bacteria can modulate plant immunity. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

These bacteria perform a trick that could keep plants healthy

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

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Junior faculty awards recognize outstanding teaching and research

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Princeton IP Accelerator funding awarded to support promising new technologies

Foam board with a pinned grasshopper specimen, with wings extended, and four rows with different colors and shapes of synthetic wings under investigation for flying robots. — A team led by Pierre-Thomas Brun and Aimy Wissa is studying the structures and capabilities of grasshopper wings and flying fish fins. An innovation grant will allow the researchers to test different types of foldable wings and model their performance. Photos by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Innovation funds support research in robotics, machine learning, climate resilience and more

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Chemical and Biological Engineering

Advancing human health, energy, materials science, and industrial processes