This list organizes current and previous recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship based on areas of principal focus. It is intended solely to provide a sense of the range and breadth of their activities collectively. The selection process considers each nominee's creative efforts as a whole, not just with respect to their contributions to a particular discipline or field. Because MacArthur Fellows often cross disciplinary boundaries, readers should not interpret a specific entry as fully descriptive or infer that nominees are chosen on the basis of their fit within any of the categories on this list. There is no such thing as a MacArthur Fellow “in” a specific field.
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Astronomy |
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J. Roger Angel |
Astronomer |
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John E. Carlstrom |
Astrophysicist |
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Margaret Joan Geller |
Astrophysicist |
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Andrea Ghez |
Astrophysicist |
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James E. Gunn |
Astrophysicist |
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Adam Riess |
Astronomer |
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David N. Spergel |
Astrophysicist |
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Charles C. Steidel |
Astronomer |
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Joseph H. Taylor Jr. |
Astrophysicist |
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Alar Toomre |
Astronomer and Mathematician |
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James A. Westphal |
Engineer and Planetary Scientist |
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Jack Wisdom |
Physicist |
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Matias Zaldarriaga |
Cosmologist |
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Biological Anthropology |
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William H. Durham |
Biological Anthropologist |
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John G. Fleagle |
Primatologist and Paleontologist |
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Lee Ann Newsom |
Paleoethnobotanist |
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Alan Walker |
Paleontologist |
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Allan C. Wilson |
Biochemist |
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Richard Wrangham |
Primate Ethologist |
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Patricia C. Wright |
Primatologist and Conservationist |
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Biology |
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Barbara Block |
Marine Biologist |
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Leo William Buss |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Thomas L. Daniel |
Biologist |
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Michael H. Dickinson |
Biophysicist |
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Victoria E. Foe |
Developmental Biologist |
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Mimi R. Koehl |
Marine Biologist |
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Richard E. Lenski |
Biologist |
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Sharon R. Long |
Plant Biologist |
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George F. Oster |
Mathematical Biologist |
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Margie Profet |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Geraldine Seydoux |
Molecular Developmental Biologist |
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Julie Theriot |
Microbiologist |
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Chemistry |
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Jacqueline K. Barton |
Biophysical Chemist |
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Angela Belcher |
Materials Scientist |
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R. Stephen Berry |
Physical Chemist |
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Carolyn Bertozzi |
Organic Chemist |
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My Hang V. Huynh |
Chemist |
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Laura L. Kiessling |
Biochemist |
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Stephen Lee |
Chemist |
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Michael A. Marletta |
Chemist |
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Todd Martinez |
Chemist |
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Brooks Pate |
Physical Chemist |
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Jane Richardson |
Biochemist |
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Amy Rosenzweig |
Chemist |
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Mark S. Wrighton |
Chemist |
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Computer Science |
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Maneesh Agrawala |
Computer Vision Technologist |
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Timothy Berners-Lee |
Computer Scientist |
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James F. Blinn |
Computer Graphics Animator |
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Erik D. Demaine |
Computer Scientist and Mathematician |
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John H. Holland |
Computer Scientist |
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Daniel Jurafsky |
Computer Scientist and Linguist |
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Alexei Kitaev |
Physicist and Computer Scientist |
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Jon Kleinberg |
Computer Scientist |
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Daphne Koller |
Computer Scientist |
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Paul Rothemund |
Computer and Materials Scientist |
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Daniela L. Rus |
Computer Scientist and Roboticist |
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Robert S. Shaw |
Physicist |
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Peter W. Shor |
Computer Science |
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Karl Sims |
Computer Scientist and Digital Artist |
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Richard M. Stallman |
Computer Programmer |
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Luis von Ahn |
Computer Scientist |
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Erik Winfree |
Computer and Materials Scientist |
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Stephen Wolfram |
Computer Scientist and Physicist |
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Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Charles Archambeau |
Geophysicist |
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Jillian Banfield |
Geologist |
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Maria Luisa Crawford |
Geologist and Petrologist |
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Peter Huybers |
Climate Scientist |
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John Imbrie |
Climatologist |
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Raymond Jeanloz |
Geophysicist |
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Marvin Philip Kahl |
Zoologist |
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Robert W. Kates |
Geographer |
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Susan W. Kieffer |
Geologist and Planetary Scientist |
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Michael C. Malin |
Geologist and Planetary Scientist |
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Michael Manga |
Geophysicist |
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David Montgomery |
Geomorphologist |
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Paul G. Richards |
Seismologist |
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Benjamin David Santer |
Atmospheric Scientist |
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Stephen H. Schneider |
Climatologist |
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Daniel P. Schrag |
Geochemist |
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Daniel Sigman |
Biogeochemist |
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Richard P. Turco |
Atmospheric Scientist |
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Bret Wallach |
Geographer |
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Paul O. Wennberg |
Atmospheric Chemist |
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Ecology and Evolution |
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Christopher Beard |
Paleontologist |
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Kirsten Bomblies |
Plant Evolutionary Geneticist |
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Eric L. Charnov |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Joel E. Cohen |
Population Biologist |
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Philip James DeVries |
Insect Biologist |
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Paul R. Ehrlich |
Population Biologist |
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Sharon B. Emerson |
Biologist |
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Michael Ghiselin |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Stephen Jay Gould |
Paleontology |
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Cheryl Hayashi |
Biologist and Materials Scientist |
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David M. Hillis |
Molecular Biologist |
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John Robert Horner |
Paleobiologist |
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Daniel H. Janzen |
Ecologist |
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Stuart Alan Kauffman |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Nicole King |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Russell S. Lande |
Conservation Biologist |
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Jane Lubchenco |
Marine Biologist |
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Pamela A. Matson |
Ecologist |
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Nancy A. Moran |
Evolutionary Biologist and Ecologist |
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Norman Pace |
Biochemist |
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Roger S. Payne |
Zoologist and Conservationist |
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Naomi Pierce |
Biologist |
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Richard Prum |
Ornithologist |
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Peter H. Raven |
Botanist and Conservationist |
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Loren H. Rieseberg |
Botanist |
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Beth Shapiro |
Evolutionary Biologist |
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Jon Seger |
Evolutionary Ecologist |
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John W. Terborgh |
Conservation Biologist |
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Geerat J. Vermeij |
Evolutionary Biologist and Paleontologist |
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Günter P. Wagner |
Developmental Biologist |
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Carl R. Woese |
Molecular Biologist |
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Engineering and Biomedical Engineering |
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James Collins |
Biomedical Engineer |
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Claire Gmachl |
Laser Engineer |
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Linda Griffith |
Bioengineer |
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Naomi Leonard |
Engineer |
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Yoky Matsuoka |
Neuroroboticist |
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John A. Rogers |
Applied Physicist |
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Claire Tomlin |
Aviation Engineer |
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Mathematics |
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Demetrios Christodoulou |
Mathematician and Physicist |
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Gregory V. Chudnovsky |
Mathematician |
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Robert F. Coleman |
Mathematician |
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Ingrid Daubechies |
Mathematician |
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Mitchell J. Feigenbaum |
Mathematical Physicist |
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Michael H. Freedman |
Mathematician |
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Israel M. Gelfand |
Mathematician and Biologist |
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Benedict H. Gross |
Mathematics |
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Fritz John |
Mathematician |
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David Kazhdan |
Mathematician |
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Sergiu Klainerman |
Mathematician |
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L. Mahadevan |
Applied Mathematician |
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David Mumford |
Mathematician |
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Julia Robinson |
Mathematician |
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Richard M. Schoen |
Mathematician |
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Terence Tao |
Mathematician |
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Karen K. Uhlenbeck |
Mathematician |
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Jeffrey R. Weeks |
Mathematician |
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Andrew J. Wiles |
Mathematics |
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Horng-Tzer Yau |
Mathematician |
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Shing-Tung Yau |
Mathematician |
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Medical Science |
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John Christian Bailar III |
Biostatistician |
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Kevin Eggan |
Developmental Biologist |
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Kun-Liang Guan |
Biochemist |
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Curtis G. Hames |
Family Physician |
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Pehr Harbury |
Biochemist |
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Eric Lander |
Geneticist and Mathematician |
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Vamsi Mootha |
Clinical Molecular Biologist |
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Richard Mulligan |
Molecular Biologist |
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Charles S. Peskin |
Mathematician and Physiologist |
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Mark Roth |
Molecular Physiologist |
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Joel Schwartz |
Epidemiologist |
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Ellen Kovner Silbergeld |
Biologist and Environmental Health Scientist |
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Arthur T. Winfree |
Physiologist and Mathematician |
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Molecular Biology and Genetics |
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Bonnie Bassler |
Molecular Biologist |
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John Cairns |
Molecular Biologist |
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Joseph DeRisi |
Molecular Biologist |
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Michael Elowitz |
Molecular Biologist |
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Lin He |
Molecular Biologist |
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Ira Herskowitz |
Molecular Geneticist |
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Martin E. Kreitman |
Population Geneticist |
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Susan Mango |
Developmental Biologist |
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Barbara McClintock |
Geneticist |
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Matthew Meselson |
Geneticist and Arms Control Analyst |
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David C. Page |
Molecular Geneticist |
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Franklin W. Stahl |
Geneticist |
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Neuroscience |
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Paul Adams |
Neurobiologist |
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Kenneth Catania |
Neurobiologist |
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Lu Chen |
Neuroscientist |
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David L. Felten |
Neuroscientist |
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Nancy Kopell |
Mathematician and Neuroscientist |
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Leah A. Krubitzer |
Neuroscientist |
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Arnold J. Mandell |
Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist |
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Robert Morris Sapolsky |
Neuroendocrinologist and Primatologist |
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Robert Shapley |
Neurophysiologist |
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Nicholas Strausfeld |
Neurobiologist |
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Sally Temple |
Neuroscientist |
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Gina G. Turrigiano |
Neuroscientist |
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Jay Michael Weiss |
Psychologist |
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Heather Williams |
Biologist and Ornithologist |
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Rachel Wilson |
Neurobiologist |
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Physics |
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Helen T. Edwards |
Physicist |
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Daniel H. Friedan |
Physicist |
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David Gross |
Physicist |
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Lene V. Hau |
Optical Physicist |
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John J. Hopfield |
Physicist and Biologist |
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Deborah Jin |
Physicist |
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Albert J. Libchaber |
Physicist |
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Hideo Mabuchi |
Physicist |
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Juan Martin Maldacena |
Physicist |
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Richard A. Muller |
Geologist and Astrophysicist |
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Margaret Murnane |
Optical Physicist |
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David R. Nelson |
Physicist |
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Douglas D. Osheroff |
Physicist |
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John H. Schwarz |
Physicist |
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Nathan Seiberg |
Physicist |
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Stephen Shenker |
Physicist |
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Eva Silverstein |
Physicist |
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Marin Soljačić |
Optical Physicist |
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Frank Wilczek |
Physicist |
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Edward Witten |
Physicist |
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Xiaowei Zhuang |
Biophysicist |
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George Zweig |
Physicist and Neurobiologist |
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Statistics |
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Peter J. Bickel |
Statistician |
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Persi Diaconis |
Statistician |
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David Donoho |
Statistician |
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Bradley Efron |
Statistician |
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