2015 NAS Awards
The National Academy of Sciences will honor the following individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide variety of fields:
Public Welfare Medal
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Neuroscience, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Public Welfare Medal
Neil deGrasse Tyson, American Museum of Natural History NAS Public Welfare Medal |
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Bruce D. Roth, Genentech NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society |
Jonathan S. Weissman, University of California, San Francisco NAS Award for Scientific Discovery |
Thomas Dean Pollard, Yale University NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing |
W. Carl Lineberger, JILA/University of Colorado, Boulder NAS Award in Chemical Sciences |
Benjamin Recht, University of California, Berkeley William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research |
Allan R. Mulally, Ford Motor Company J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering |
Neuroscience, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Catherine G. Dulac, Harvard University |
Lisa Feigenson, Johns Hopkins University Troland Research Award |
Yael Niv, Princeton University Troland Research Award |
Scott D. Sagan, Stanford Univeristy William and Katherine Estes Award |
Earth and Space Sciences
Alexander J. Dessler,Texas A&M University |
Hiroko Nagahara, University of Tokyo |
Susan M. Kidwell,University of Chicago |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Takao Kondo, Nagoya University |
Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University |
Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University |
Susan Gottesman, National Cancer Institute |