Konane Bay (KOH-nah-nay BAY) was a Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab. She completed her undergraduate work in Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduate work in Polymer Science and Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied the mechanics of ultrathin polymer films. In the lab, she studied structure-property relationships of engineered living materials. She then moved on to a faculty position at CU Boulder (see here for more details).

Konane was born and raised in Hawai'i, but moved to "rainy" Washington state in middle school. From living in the Northeast for the past nine years, she is now quite used to our winters. When not in the lab, she can be found solving puzzles, volunteering for outreach events, reading, or biking.