Image: President Obama Honors Extraordinary Early-Career Scientists President Obama today named 105** researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The winners will receive their awards at a Washington, DC ceremony this spring. “These early-career scientists are leading the way in our efforts to confront and understand challenges from climate change to our health and wellness,” President Obama said. “We congratulate these accomplished individuals and encourage them to continue to serve as an example of the incredible promise and ingenuity of the American people.” The Presidential Early Career Awards highlight the key role that the Administration places in encouraging and accelerating American innovation to grow our economy and tackle our greatest challenges. This year’s recipients are employed or funded by the following departments and agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and the Intelligence Community. These departments and agencies join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America’s preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions. The awards, established by President Clinton in 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach. The newest recipients are*: Department of Agriculture Renee Arias, National Peanut Research Laboratory Matthew Thompson, Rocky Mountain Research Station Kenong Xu, Cornell University Department of Commerce Nathan Bacheler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Adam Creuziger, National Institute of Standards and Technology Gijs de Boer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Colorado-Boulder Tara Lovestead, National Institute of Standards and Technology Andrew Ludlow, National Institute of Standards and Technology James Thorson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Defense Pieter Abbeel, University of California-Berkeley Deji Akinwande, University of Texas-Austin Jin-Hee Cho, US Army Research Laboratory Sarah Cowie, University of Nevada-Reno Dino Di Carlo, University of California-Los Angeles Alon Gorodetsky, University of California-Irvine Elad Harel, Northwestern University Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia Anya Jones, University of Maryland Colin Joye, Naval Research Laboratory Lena Kourkoutis, Cornell University Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Pennsylvania State University Timothy Ombrello, Air Force Research Laboratory Heather Pidcoke, US Army Institute of Surgical Research James Rondinelli, Drexel University Bozhi Tian, University of Chicago Luke Zettlemoyer, University of Washington Department of Education Christopher Lemons, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University Cynthia Puranik, University of Pittsburgh Department of Energy Tonio Buonassisi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Milind Kulkarni, Purdue University Keji Lai, University of Texas-Austin Paul Ohodnicki, Jr., National Energy Technology Laboratory Michelle O'Malley, University of California, Santa Barbara Matthias Schindler, University of South Carolina Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago Michael Stadler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Melissa Teague, Idaho National Laboratory William Tisdale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jonathan Hopkins, University of California, Los Angeles Tammy Ma, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory David Mascareñas, Los Alamos National Laboratory Department of Health and Human Services Hillel Adesnik, University of California, Berkeley Cheryl Broussard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Samantha Brugmann, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Namandje Bumpus, Johns Hopkins University Jacob Carr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kafui Dzirasa, Duke University Camilla Forsberg, University of California, Santa Cruz Tina Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh Viviana Gradinaru, California Institute of Technology Jordan Green, Johns Hopkins University Katie Kindt, National Institutes of Health Andre Larochelle, National Institutes of Health Jennifer Lorvick, RTI International Courtney Miller, The Scripps Research Institute Kiran Musunuru, Harvard University David Pagliarini, University of Wisconsin – Madison Sachin Patel, Vanderbilt University Amy Ralston, University of California Santa Cruz Carrie Reed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ervin Sejdic, University of Pittsburgh Elizabeth Skidmore, University of Pittsburgh Kay Tye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Muhammad Walji, The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston Department of Interior Richard Briggs, U.S. Geological Survey Jeffrey Pigati, U.S. Geological Survey Maureen Purcell, U.S. Geological Survey Department of Veterans Affairs Paul Marasco, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Panagiotis Roussos, James J. Peters VA Medical Center Erika Wolf, VA Boston Healthcare System Environmental Protection Agency Rebecca Dodder, EPA Alex Marten, EPA Intelligence Community Kregg Arms, National Security Agency Nicole Bohannon, Central Intelligence Agency Ashley Holt, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Jon Kosloski, National Security Agency David Loveall, Federal Bureau of Investigation Whitney Nelson, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Benardini, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jin-Woo Han, NASA Ames Research Center Michele Manuel, University of Florida Andrew Molthan, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Colleen Mouw, Michigan Technological University Vikram Shyam, NASA Glenn Research Center National Science Foundation Adam Abate, University of California at San Francisco Marcel Agueros, Columbia University Arezoo Ardekani, University of Notre Dame Cullen Buie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Erin Carlson, Indiana University Antonius Dieker, Georgia Tech Research Corporation Erika Edwards, Brown University Julia Grigsby, Boston College Todd Gureckis, New York University Tessa Hill, University of California - Davis Daniel Krashen, University of Georgia Rahul Mangharam, University of Pennsylvania David Masiello, University of Washington Daniel McCloskey, College of Staten Island, City University of New York Shwetak Patel, University of Washington Aaron Roth, University of Pennsylvania Sayeef Salahuddin, University of California, Berkeley Jakita Thomas, Spelman College Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Kristen Wendell, University of Massachusetts-Boston Benjamin Williams, University of California-Los Angeles *Recipients are listed with their affiliated institution as of their nomination. **This article has been corrected from a previous version, on February 18, 2016. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/18/president-obama-honors-extraordinary-early-career-scientists
