Lab News

Simon Levin Elected to Royal Society
May 27, 2026

ByLiz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communicationson May 27, 2026, 1:21 p.m.

Simon Levin, Princeton University’s James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been elected as a fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society, a scholarly academy dedicated to “promoting excellence in…

Steve Pacala, Frederick D. Petrie Professor Emeritus, and Harman Jaggi, Levin Lab Postdoctoral Researcher, are each Announced as ESA 2026 Award Recipients
May 7, 2026

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity and lifelong commitment to the profession.

Simon Levin Recognized by Alma Mater, Johns Hopkins, with Honorary Degree
May 6, 2026

Johns Hopkins to recognize six distinguished individuals with honorary degrees
The degrees will be conferred during the universitywide Commencement ceremony on May 21 at Homewood Field. 

LevLab Alumna, Nandi Leslie, is awarded 2026 SIAM Industry Prize
April 29, 2026

The 2026 SIAM Industry Prize is awarded to Nandi Leslie for advancing the frontiers of cybersecurity and network resilience. Her innovations represent non standard, mathematically sophisticated frameworks with real operational relevance. This prize will be awarded at…

Nusrat Molla's paper "Resource Curse" is featured in C-PREE News
April 23, 2026

Princeton-led study examines the complexities of translating natural resource wealth into economic prosperity; higher social and human capital and institutional safeguards are critical in avoiding the “resource curse” that comes along with extraction.  

Natural resources - such as fossil fuels, water, and minerals - are materials…

Simon Levin is interviewed by Fenella Saunders at Americal Scientist
Dec. 19, 2025

What do financial markets, pandemics, and ecosystems management have in common? They are all complex systems that can be described by mathematical principles, as demonstrated in the research of Simon A. Levin, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Center for…

Simon Levin and Jennifer Lewis to Receive Sigma Xi's 2025 Gold Key Awards
Sept. 22, 2025

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Sigma Xi is pleased to announce that Princeton University’s Simon A. Levin and Harvard University’s Jennifer A. Lewis have been named as 2025 Gold Key Award recipients. As the Society's highest honor,…

Levin Lab Member, Harman Jaggi, is featured in HMEI News: Ancient Black Pea Holds Promise for a Warming Himalaya
Sept. 8, 2025

Ecologist Harman Jaggi first visited India’s cold desert Trans-Himalaya mountains to study snow leopards. But while climbing the steep, rocky slopes above the tree line, something else caught her attention: the black pea and barley powder that local hosts offered her to mix into tea. “It would sustain us for hours,” recalls Jaggi. Years later,…

LevLab Alumnus, Jude Kong, recognized by the Royal Society of Canada
Aug. 11, 2025

We’re absolutely delighted to share that our former lab member, Jude Kong, has been elected to join the Class of 2025 of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. This is a huge honor and a wonderful recognition of the incredible work Dr. Kong has done in the field of epidemiological research. Those who had the chance to work…

Congratulations to Levin Lab Member, Xander Huggins, Winner of 2025 CAGS-ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
June 20, 2025

The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Announces Winners of 2025 CAGS-ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award