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

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, American Museum of Natural History
NAS Public Welfare Medal

Physical Sciences and Engineering

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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

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Catherine G. Dulac, Harvard University
Pradel Research Award

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

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Alexander J. Dessler,Texas A&M University
Arctowski Medal

Hiroko Nagahara, University of Tokyo
J. Lawrence Smith Medal

Susan M. Kidwell,University of Chicago    
Mary Clark Thompson Medal

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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Takao Kondo, Nagoya University
Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal

Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University
NAS Award in Molecular Biology

Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University
Richard Lounsbery Award

Susan Gottesman, National Cancer Institute
Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology

 

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