Ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Μπαράκ Ομπάμα θα τιμήσει τον ομογενή καθηγητή Χημείας του Πανεπιστημίου της Καλιφόρνια-Μπέρκλεϊ,
Πoλ Αλιβιζάτο, σε ειδική τελετή στον Λευκό Οίκο, όπου θα του απονείμει το Εθνικό Μετάλλιο Επιστημών, το ανώτατο βραβείο για τους κορυφαίους επιστήμονες των ΗΠΑ, το οποίο απονέμεται για την μακροχρόνια προώθηση των επιστημών και της τεχνολογίας στις ΗΠΑ, ανακοινώθηκε από τον Λευκό Οίκο.
Ο Δρ. Αλιβιζάτος, που κατέχει την θέση του διευθυντή του Εθνικού Εργαστηρίου Λόρενς Μπέρκλεϊ, θα τιμηθεί μαζί με άλλους τέσσερις επιστήμονες μετά το Νέο Έτος.
Οι άλλοι βραβευθέντες είναι ο Δρ. Μάικλ Άρτιν από το MIT, ο Δρ. ‘Αλμπερτ Μπαντούρα από το Στάνφορντ, ο Δρ. Στάνλεϊ Φάλκο από την Ιατρική Σχολή Στάνφορντ και η Δρ. Σίρλεϊ Ανν Τζάκσον από το Πολυτεχνείο Rensselaer.
Press Release 15-151
President Obama honors nation's leading scientists and innovators
President Obama honors nation's leading scientists and innovators
Nearly all awardees received NSF support during careers
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December 22, 2015
The White House today announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Scienceand National Medal of Technology and Innovation -- the nation's highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology. The new awardees will receive their medals at a White House ceremony early next year.
"Science and technology are fundamental to solving some of our Nation's biggest challenges," President Obama said. "The knowledge produced by these Americans today will carry our country's legacy of innovation forward and continue to help countless others around the world. Their work is a testament to American ingenuity."
The National Medal of Science was created by statute in 1959 and is administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Awarded annually, the Medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering. The President receives nominations from a committee of Presidential appointees based on their extraordinary knowledge in and contributions to chemistry, engineering, computing, mathematics, and the biological, behavioral/social and physical sciences.
Among this year's nine recipients of the National Medal of Science, seven received NSF support at some point in their research careers.
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation was created by statute in 1980 and is administered for the White House by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office. The award recognizes those who have made lasting contributions to America's competitiveness and quality of life and helped strengthen the Nation's technological workforce. A distinguished independent committee representing the private and public sectors submits recommendations to the President.
Six of the eight National Medal of Technology and Innovation awardees have received NSF funding.
The new recipients are listed below.
National Medal of Science
- Armand Paul Alivisatos, University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Michael Artin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Albert Bandura, Stanford University
- Stanley Falkow, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rakesh K. Jain, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
- Mary-Claire King, University of Washington
- Simon Levin, Princeton University
- Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Carbon3D
- Robert Fischell, University of Maryland at College Park
- Arthur Gossard, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Nancy Ho, Green Tech America Inc. and Purdue University
- Chenming Hu, University of California, Berkeley
- Mark Humayun, University of Southern California
- Cato T. Laurencin, University of Connecticut
- Jonathan Rothberg, 4catalyzer Corporation and Yale School of Medicine
-NSF-
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