Brangwynne was invested into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, one of the nation’s newest learned societies, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in October. He was lauded for his work in the fundamental principles underlying biological organization, with particular interest in condensates – also known as membrane-less organelles – within living cells.

Formed in 2023, the American Academy of Sciences and Letters promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts and sciences. "Members of the Academy are scholars who have made extraordinary contributions in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, the arts, and the learned professions,” according to an Academy press release. He is one of eight Princeton University inductees this year.

In November, Brangwynne was honored at his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon, for “changing how the scientific community thinks about the way living cells organize,” and his pioneering work on how these mechanisms are fundamental to human health and disease. 

Carnegie Mellon presents awards annually to alumni for exceptional accomplishment and leadership in their fields. Brangwynne earned his bachelor of science in materials science and engineering from Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering in 2001, before earning his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University.

Brangwynne is the June K. Wu ’92 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and inaugural director of the Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute.