April 28, 2019 - Since 1886, the National Academy of Sciences has honored outstanding achievement in the physical, biological, and social sciences through its awards program. The National Academy of Sciences presented the following individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide variety of fields. This year we honor:
Agnes Matilda Kalibata with the NAS Public Welfare Medal
and
Jane S. Richardson, Duke University, the Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
Michelle F. Thomsen, Planetary Science Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Arctowski Medal
Michal Lipson, Columbia University, the Comstock Prize in Physics
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution, the G.K. Warren Prize
Ola Svensson, School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, the Michael and Sheila Held Prize
John C. Martin, Gilead Sciences Inc., the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University, the NAS Award for Scientific Discovery
Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr., University of Arizona and Texas A&M University, the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
Jacqueline K. Barton, California Institute of Technology, the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
Norman R. Pace, University of Colorado, the NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences - Stanley Miller Medal
David Reich, Harvard Medical School, the NAS Award in Molecular Biology
Eve Marder, Brandeis University, the NAS Award in the Neurosciences
Elizabeth Ainsworth, USDA Agricultural Research Service, the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Liqun Luo, Stanford University, the Pradel Research Award
Jay Shendure, University of Washington, the Richard Lounsbery Award
Sharon R. Long, Stanford University, the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
Adriana Galván, University of California, Los Angeles, and Tom Griffiths, Princeton University, will each receive a Troland Research Award.
