Bonnie L. Bassler is on the board of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. and Royalty Pharma Plc and Member of The Royal Society, Chairman-Molecular Biology Department & Professor at Princeton University, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States) and Member of American Philosophical Society.

In the past she occupied the position of Chairman-Governors Board at American Society for Microbiology, Professor at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. and Research Scientist at The Agouron Institute.

She received a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis.