PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Mona Singh

Mona Singh is a professor of computer science and of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. Her research centers on algorithmic and machine learning approaches for characterizing proteins and their interactions. She earned Harvard degrees and an MIT Ph.D. in computer science, and she joined the Princeton faculty in 1999. The ACM named her a Fellow in 2019, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering inducted her into its College of Fellows in 2025. In 2021 she became Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Biology, and in 2022 Princeton named her the inaugural Wang Family Professor in Computer Science.

Works
181
Citations
8,041
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Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1999

    Joining Princeton's faculty

    She joins the Princeton faculty in 1999, having earned Harvard degrees and an MIT Ph.D. in computer science.

  2. 2001

    A Presidential Early Career Award

    In 2001 she receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

  3. 2019

    An ACM Fellow

    The ACM names her a Fellow in 2019 for contributions to computational biology, spearheading algorithmic and machine learning approaches for characterizing proteins and their interactions.

  4. 2021

    Editing the Journal of Computational Biology

    Her term as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Biology begins in 2021.

  5. 2022

    Inaugural Wang Family Professor

    In 2022 Princeton names her the inaugural Wang Family Professor in Computer Science; a gift from Edward Wang establishes the chair.

  6. 2025

    Inducted into AIMBE's College of Fellows

    The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering inducts her into its College of Fellows in 2025.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor at Princeton

    At Princeton University, she is a professor of computer science and of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.

Sources and credits

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  1. Mona Singh cs.princeton.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Four Computer Science faculty members have been named to endowed professorships | CS cs.princeton.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Mona Singh - CCC cra.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Freedman, Singh named fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery | CS cs.princeton.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Mona Singh (scientist) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Mona Singh, Ph.D. COF-9115 - AIMBE aimbe.org. Checked 15 October 2026.