2012 |
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Scott J. Aaronson
TIBCO Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and Subra Suresh, NSF Director
"For numerous fundamental contributions to quantum computing and theoretical computer science and for popularization of quantum information science. " |
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Robert J. Wood
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, and Subra Suresh, NSF Director
"For his development of multi-scale, multi-material fabrication methods for automated monolithic assembly of high performance, innovative robots, and for his outreach efforts to make science and engineering accessible to all." |
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2011 |
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Casey W. Dunn
Manning Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University, and Subra Suresh, NSF Director
"For his gifted integration of field biology, genomics, and computational science that has led to changing our understanding of the evolutionary tree, integrating morphological and molecular perspectives on diversity, and developing new tools that are revolutionizing biology." |
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2010 |
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Subhash A. Khot
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
at New York University, and Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
"For unexpected and original contributions to computational complexity, notably the Unique Games Conjecture, and the resulting rich connections and consequences in optimization, computer science and mathematics." |
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2009 |
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David Charbonneau
Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University, and
Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
"For his pioneering research into the discovery and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, which has allowed, for the first time, the study of their surface conditions and atmospheres, and has revolutionized interdisciplinary research related to exoplanets." |
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2008 |
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Terence Tao
Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles and
Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
“For his surprising and original contributions to many fields of mathematics, including number theory,
differential equations, algebra, and harmonic analysis”
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2007 |
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Peidong Yang
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and
Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
“For outstanding contributions in the creative synthesis of semiconductor nanowires and their
heterostructures, and innovations in nanowire-based photonics, energy conversion, and nanofluidic applications.”
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2006 |
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Emmanuel Candes
Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, and
Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
“For his research in computational mathematics and statistical estimation, with applications to signal compression and image processing.”
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2005 |
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Dalton Conley
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and Director,
Center for Advanced Social Sciences Research,
New York University
and Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF Director
“For his contribution to the field of sociology as a research
scientist and published author exemplified by his research on how
socio-economic status is transmitted across generations. He brings
methodological rigor and sophistication to deep social questions.”
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2004 |
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Kristi Anseth
Tisone Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assistant
Investigator
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
and
Arden Bement,
NSF Acting Director
"For her research at the interface of biology and engineering,
resulting in the design of innovative biomaterials that significantly
facilitate tissue engineering and regeneration." |
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2003 |
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Angelika Amon
Associate Professor of Biology and Assistant Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Center for Cancer Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and
Rita Colwell, NSF Director
"For her seminal contributions to understanding how cells orchestrate
the segregation of their chromosomes during cell division, the key
process of life " |
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2002 |
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Erich D. Jarvis
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Duke University Medical Center
and
Rita Colwell, NSF Director
"For his use of gene expression as a tool to map brain fuctional
systems and to identify parts of the brain involved in perceiving,
learning and producing vocal communication" |
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2001 |
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Vahid Tarokh
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and
Rita Colwell, NSF Director
"For the invention of space-time coding techniques that produce
dramatic gains in the spectral efficiency of wireless digital communication
systems." |
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2000 |
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Jennifer A. Doudna
Professor, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University and Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
and
Rita Colwell, NSF Director "For innovative research that led to the development of a
technique that facilitates crystallization of large RNA molecules;
for determining the crystal structures of catalytic RNA molecules
and an RNA molecule that forms the ribonucleoproteincore of the
signalr econgition particle; and for deciphering structural features
of those molecules that permit a greater understanding of the mechanistic
basis of RNA function in both catalysis and protein synthesis."
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1999 |
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Chaitan S. Khosla
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Chemistry, and Biochemistry,
Stanford University
and
Rita Colwell, NSF Director "For his outstanding work in elucidating the mechanisms of
enzyme biocatalysis of polyketides, thereby opening an exciting
potential route to new drug discovery."
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1998 |
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Dr. Christopher C. Cummins
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and
Neal Lane, NSF Director "For innovative research in transition-metal activation of
small molecules, including the discovery of reactions to cleave
nitrogen-nitrogen multiple bonds under mild conditions. His revolutionary
approach to chemical reactivity has answered key questions and furthered
development in catalyst design and nitrogen fixation."
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1997 |
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Dr. Eric Cornell
Department of Physics University of Colorado at Boulder and Fellow,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
"For his leading role in the creation of Bose-Einstein condensation
in a gas, and for innovations in the manipulation, trapping and
cooling of atoms that led to the realization of this new state of
matter."
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1996 |
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Dr. Robert M. Waymouth
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
and
Neal Lane, NSF
Director "For his seminal contributions to the design of well-defined
organometallic catalysts for the synthesis of novel polymers, including
chiral cyclopolymers and stereoblock polyolefins. The development
of catalysts which change their structure as they work has established
a new paradigm in the synthesis of block-polymers."
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1995 |
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Dr. Matthew P. A. Fisher
Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California-Santa
Barbara
and
Neal Lane, NSF Director "For his broad and original contributions to the theory of
the quantum dymanics of macroscopic systems and quantum phase transitions,
specifically his prediction of a vortex glass phase in high temperature
superconductors, his studies of the superconductor-insulator transition
and is seminal work on quantum transport in Luttinger liquids."
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1994 |
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Dr. Gang Tian
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
and Neal Lane, NSF Director "For his deep understanding and penetrating insights in the
field of complex differential geometry, including his solution of
the problem of existence of Kahler-Einstein metrics on complex surfaces,
his proof that the moduli space for Kahler-Einstein metrics with
zero first Chern class is nonsingular, and his proof of the stability
of algebraic manifolds by using differential geometric methods."
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1993
Dr. Deborah L. Penry
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
"For her innovative applications of chemical engineering principles
and chemical-reactor theory in analysis of the process of digestion
in marine invertebrates, filling an important gap in existing ecological
theory dealing with animals strategies for acquiring energy and
nutrients. Her research is important to understanding the cycling
of materials in the sea--in particular the global carbon cycle and
global climate change cycles."
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1992
Dr. Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
Radio Astronomy
California Institute of Technology
"For his major contributions to the understanding of diffuse
interstellar medium and the physics and evolution of neutron star
pulsars and x-ray binary stars. For his leading role in the discovery
of fast pulsars, a major new phenomenon, and in the development
of optical and radio spatial interferometry."
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1991
Dr. Herbert Edelsbrunner
Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign "For his pioneering research in computational geometry through
which he has made fundamental contributions to the theory of computer
science and to discrete mathematics. His work has solved open problems,
built rich theoretical structures, developed algorithmic paradigms,
produced robust implementations of geometric algorithms, and brought
computational geometry in close touch with application areas in
computer technology."
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1990
Dr. Mark E. Davis
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
& State University "For his pioneering work in catalytic materials, catalysis, and
reaction engineering, including the first synthesis of a molecular
sieve with pores larger than 1 nanometer and the invention of supported
aqueous-phase catalysts; each of these accomplishments opens up
a new and potentially important area in catalytic science and technology,
and also has implications for separations technology and environmental
control."
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1989
Dr. Richard H. Scheller
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Stanford University "For his work leading to the development of recombinant DNA technologies,
and for his current research which has illuminated cellular and
molecular mechanisms used to regulate animal behavior. These basic
studies will lead to a better understanding of the molecular basis
of brain function and should, in the future, help in the understanding
of major psychiatric illnesses."
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1988
Dr. Peter G. Schultz
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
"For innovative research at the interface of chemistry and biology,
both in the development of new approaches for the study of molecular
recognition and catalysis and in the application of these studies
to the design of selective biological catalysts."
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1987
Dr. Lawrence H. Summers
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
"For outstanding contributions to economic research on unemployment,
taxation of capital, savings behavior and macroeconomic activity.
His work combines powerful analytic insights and imaginative econometric
methods aimed at subjects of fundamental National importance."
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1986
Dr. Edward Witten
Professor of Physics
Princeton University "For path-opening contributions to the physics of elementary particles
and gravity, to the search unification, and to the imaginative pursuit
of the implications for cosmology."
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1985
Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton
Professor of Chemistry
Columbia University
"For her imaginative and significant work in bioinorganic chemistry.
Her use of small inorganic molecules to recognize and modify DNA
sites in very specific ways has led to two major discoveries--enantiomeric
selectivity in binding t DNA helices of different handedness, and
Z-DNA "punctuation" at the end of genes--with important implications
for drug design and for the theory of gene expression."
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1984
Dr. Harvey M. Friedman
Professor of Mathematics
Ohio State University "For his revitalization of the foundations of mathematics, his
penetrating investigations into the Godel incompleteness phenomena,
and his fundamental contributions to virtually all areas of mathematical
loqic."
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1983
Dr. Corey S. Goodman
Associate Professor of Biology
Stanford University "For his contributions to our understanding of the development
of the nervous system. His imaginative choice of model systems and
modern technologies are enabling him to discover how individual
nerve cells acquire their unique identities and interact with the
appropriate cells during embryogenesis."
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1982
Dr. Richard Axel
Institute of Cancer Research
Columbia University
"For devising a novel procedure for introducing virtually any gene
into mammalian cells. Gene transfer now permits the analysis of
the mechanisms regulating the expression of genes in an appropriate
cellular environment. This information is prerequisite to a rational
approach towards gene therapy."
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1981
Dr. W. Clark Still
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Columbia University
"For showing that fundamental conformational principles can be
used in organic synthesis to describe nonrigid molecular arrays
and for the design of chemical reactions which use such arrays to
control the three-dimensional structure of flexible molecules."
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1980
Dr. Roy F. Schwitters
Professor of Physics
Harvard University
"For his contributions to the understanding of the basic structure
of matter through experiments that discovered and explored an entirely
new collection of subatomic particles. The experiments led to the
interpretation of the new particles as being composed of simpler
constituents, possessing a new property of matter."
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1979
Dr. William P. Thurston
Professor of Mathematics
Princeton University
"In recognition of his achievements in introducing revolutionary
new geometrical methods in the theory of foliations, function theory
and topology."
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1978
Dr. Richard A. Muller
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
"For his original and innovative research, which has led to important
discoveries and inventions in diverse areas of physics, including
astrophysics, radioisotope dating and optics."
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1977
Dr. J. William Schopf
Professor of Paleobiology
University of California, Los Angeles "For his outstanding research on Precambrian biotas. His work on
these delicate and ancient fossil microorganisms will contribute
significantly to the knowledge of the origin of life and the evolution
of the earliest known biotas of the world."
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1976
Dr. Charles L. Fefferman
Professor of Mathematics
Princeton University
"For his research in Fourier analysis, partial differential equations
and several complex variables which have brought fresh insight and
renewed vigor to classical areas of mathematics and contributed
signally to the advancement of modern mathematical analysis."
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