Meet the 'Geniuses'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 22, 2020

All this week, meet one of the local 2020 MacArthur geniuses. Today: Scientist Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, 2020 MacArthur Fellow and associate professor in Princeton University’s department of chemistry, who received the honor for "investigating synthesis of novel molecules with therapeutic properties and expediting discovery of new antibiotics."  

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