Press Release 09-136 President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists
Awardees include 20 scientists and engineers nominated by the National Science Foundation
July 13, 2009
President Obama yesterday named 100 beginning researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The recipient scientists and engineers will receive their awards in the fall at a White House ceremony. The Presidential Early Career Awards embody the high priority the Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the nation's goals and contribute to all sectors of the economy. Nine federal departments and agencies join together annually to nominate the most meritorious young scientists and engineers -- researchers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for strengthening America's leadership in science and technology and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions. "These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our country," President Obama said. "With their talent, creativity and dedication, I am confident that they will lead their fields in new breakthroughs and discoveries and help us use science and technology to lift up our nation and our world." The awards, established by President Clinton in February 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected on the basis of two criteria: pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology, and a commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education or community outreach. Winning scientists and engineers receive up to a five-year research grant to further their study in support of critical government missions. This year's recipients are: Department of Agriculture David H. McNear, Jr., University of Kentucky Dean E. Pearson, Rocky Mt. Res. Station Erica Spackman, Poultry Res. Lab/USDA Department of Commerce Craig Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology Michael C. Coniglio, National Severe Storms Laboratory Dana H. Hanselman, Auke Bay Laboratory Pamela L. Heinselman, National Severe Storms Laboratory Dean DeLongchamp, National Institute of Standards and Technology Till P. Rosenband, National Institute of Standards and Technology Department of Defense David P. Arnold, University of Florida Seth R. Bank, University of Texas, Austin Christopher W. Bielawski, University of Texas, Austin Elizabeth Boon, Stony Brook University Markus J. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scott A. Craver, Binghamton University John O. Dabiri, California Institute of Technology Chris L. Dwyer, Duke University Gregory S. Engel, University of Chicago Thomas H. Epps III, University of Delaware Gregory A. Fiete, University of Texas, Austin Oliver Fringer, Stanford University Anthony Grbic, University of Michigan Carlos E. Guestrin, Carnegie Mellon University Michael A. Hickner, Penn State University Michael J. Hochberg, University of Washington Yu Huang, University of California, Los Angeles Gregory H. Huff, Texas A&M University Jacob L. Jones, University of Florida Sanjay Kumar, University of California, Berkeley Xiaoqin Li, University of Texas, Austin Mathew M. Maye, Syracuse University Leigh S. McCue-Weil, Virginia Polytechnic University Beverley J. McKeon, California Institute of Technology Anastasia H. Muliana, Texas A&M University Ryan P. O'Hayre, Colorado School of Mines Jiwoong Park, Cornell University Susan E. Parks, Penn State University Jason R. Petta, Princeton University Justin K. Romberg, Georgia Institute of Technology Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts, Duke University Benjamin R. tenOever, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Joel A. Tropp, California Institute of Technology Derek H. Warner, Cornell University Sharon M. Weiss, Vanderbilt University Patrick J. Wolfe, Harvard University Robert J. Wood, Harvard University Tanya Zelevinsky, Columbia University Jianglong Zhang, University of North Dakota Xiaolin Zheng, Stanford University Rashid Zia, Brown University Department of Education Nonie K. Lesaux, Harvard University Katherine A. Rawson, Kent State University Department of Energy Cecilia R. Aragon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Gary A. Baker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joshua A. Breslau, Princeton Plasma Physics Gianluigi Ciovati, Thomas Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility Stefan P. Gerhardt, Princeton Plasma Physics Lynford L. Goddard, University of Illinois Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory Jeffrey B. Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Thao D. Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University Paul Sorensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory Alexandre M. Tartakovsky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ivan Vitev, Los Alamos National Laboratory Department of Veterans Affairs Melina R. Kibbe, Jesse Brown VA Alexander H. Sox-Harris, Palo Alto VA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Benjamin E. Smith, University of Washington Joshua K. Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services Thomas P. Cappola, University of Pennsylvania Pablo A. Celnik, Johns Hopkins University Felicia D. Goodrum, University of Arizona Bruce J. Hinds III, University of Kentucky Helen H. Lu, Columbia University Ulrike Peters, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Jeremy F. Reiter, University of California, San Francisco Marisa Roberto, The Scripps Research Institute Erica O. Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute Oscar E. Suman, Shriner's Hospital, University of Texas Kristin V. Tarbell, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Gonzalo E. Torres, University of Pittsburgh National Science Foundation Maria M. Calbi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Amy B. Cerato, University of Oklahoma Ioannis Chasiotis, University of Illinois Monica F. Cox, Purdue University Cameron R. Currie, University of Wisconsin Joel L. Dawson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jimmy de la Torre, Rutgers University Roland G. Fryer Jr., Harvard University Sean Hallgren, Penn State University John M. Herbert, Ohio State University Steven D. Jacobsen, Northwestern University Charles R. Keeton II, Rutgers University Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside Hao Lin, Rutgers University Harmit S. Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Rada F. Mihalcea, University of North Texas Scott R. Sheffield, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Zuzanna S. Siwy, University of California, Irvine Adam D. Smith, Penn State University Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas
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