News from the National Academy of Sciences
DATE: December 6, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
185 Young Scientists Participate in 2022 Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia of the National Academy of Sciences
Washington – The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) selected 185 of the nation's brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to participate in the 2022 U.S. and international Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia of the NAS. These three-day events brought together scientists who are 45 or younger to engage in exceptional research in a variety of disciplines. A committee of NAS members selected the participants from among young researchers who have already made recognized contributions to science. Attendees of these symposia receive the designation of Kavli Fellow.
The Frontiers of Science symposium series provides a forum for the future leaders in U.S. science to share ideas across disciplines and to build contacts and networks as they advance in their careers. More than 6,200 young scientists have participated since the program’s founding in 1989; to date, 323 participants have been elected to the NAS and 18 have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
This year, the National Academy of Sciences held five Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia.
The U.S. symposium, which was held April 8-10 in Irvine, California, included sessions on beyond human genomics, Covid vaccine development and therapeutic RNA molecules, ethics in solar system exploration, fairness accountability and transparency in machine learning / reproducibility in (data) science, high intensity lasers, misinformation, disinformation, polarization and social media, scientists’ mother tongue: how language shapes our ability to communicate the unknown, un-natural hazards: socio-political construction of risk and resilience. A complete symposium program with videos of presentations may be found at www.nasonline.org/uskfos2022.
The following scientists were selected to participate:
| Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Columbia University Victoria Abraira, Rutgers University Felicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Tim Althoff, University of Washington Gopala Anumanchipalli, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Asch, East Carolina University Lisa R. Beutler, Northwestern University Arthur Beyder, Mayo Clinic Diego Bohorquez, Duke University Samantha Bradshaw, Stanford University Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, University of Michigan Edwin Chan, National Institute of Standards and Technology Edward Chuong, University of Colorado, Boulder Richard Coleman, University of Texas, Austin Scott Coyle, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Cornell University Franklin Dollar, University of California, Irvine Darin Edwards, Moderna Laurent Frantz, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Queen Mary University of London Matthias Fuchs, University of Nebraska Cameron Geddes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Sara Gonzalez, University of Washington, Seattle & Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture Karl Joseph Haro Von Mogel, University of California, Riverside Michelle Hastings, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Heide Ibrahim, Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique Nia Imara, University of California, Santa Cruz Prashant Jain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alessandra Jerolleman, Jacksonville State University Nathan Jessee, Princeton University Bradford Johnson, Florida State University Sangjin Kim, University of Illinois at Urban Champaign Tara Kirk Sell, Johns Hopkins University Srijan Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology Amy Lee, Harvard Medical School Hojoon Lee, Northwestern University Wesley Legant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Anthony Leonardi, Johns Hopkins University |
Darren Linvill, Clemson University Han Liu, Northwestern University Kristian Lum, University of Pennsylvania Lindsey Macpherson, University of Texas Julie Maldonado, University of California, Santa Barbara Tyler Marghetis, University of California, Merced Elizabeth Marino, Oregon State University Kara Marshall, Scripps Research Emily Martin, University of California, Santa Cruz Oswaldo Medina Ramirez, University of Florida Julia Mikhailova, Princeton University Sarah Minson, U.S. Geological Survey Sarah Mojarad, University of Southern California Monica Munoz-Torres, University of Colorado Jordan Musser, National Energy Technology Laboratory David Nagib, Ohio State University Sonya Neal, University of California, San Diego Erika Nesvold, Universe Sandbox Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Berkeley Emma Pierson, Cornell University Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Texas Tech University Amina Schartup, Scripps Institution of Oceanography-University of California San Diego David Schneider, New York University Martin Schweinsberg, ESMT Berlin Yolanda Shea, NASA Langley Research Center Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks Jina Suh, Microsoft Research: University of Washington Ashleigh Theberge, University of Washington Jana U'Ren, The University of Arizona Berk Ustun, University of California, San Diego Monica Vidaurri, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Lucianne Walkowicz, Alder Planetarium Jason Wang, California Institute of Technology Jonathan Watts, University of Massachusetts Medical School Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Louise Willingale, University of Michigan Pinar Zorlutuna, University of Notre Dame |
The Chinese-American symposium, which took place July 8-10 in Irvine, California, was co-organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the NAS. Sessions focused on autonomous biogeochemical observations in the ocean, battery technologies for high capacity energy storage, black hole imaging with event horizon telescope, gene editing tools for infectious disease / gene and cell therapies, nature of memory / visualizing neural activities, phase separation model for eukaryotic transcription control, the standard model, new physics and Higgs factories, urban data visualization. A complete symposium program may be found at www.nasonline.org/cakfos2022.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
| Richard Adeyemi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Juan Alvarez, University of Pennsylvania Samira Asgari, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Michail Bachtis, University of California, Los Angeles Daniele Bianchi, University of California Los Angeles Yujin Bi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Mark Blenner, University of Delaware Katie Bouman, California Institute of Technology Danfeng Cai, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Ann Chahroudi, Emory University School of Medicine Jeff Clune, University of British Columbia Shane Davis, University of Virginia Keary Engle, The Scripps Research Institute Brielle Ferguson, Stanford University Adrianna Gillman, University of Colorado, Boulder Ki Goosens, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Juchen Guo, University of California, Riverside Amanda Hargrove, Duke University Jeremy Hoskins, University of Chicago Tiffany Kataria, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Shannon Lauberth, Northwestern University Bo Li, Los Alamos National Laboratory Zhen Liu, University of Minnesota Matthew Lovett-Barron, University of California, San Diego |
Shirley Meng, The University of Chicago Chiara Mingarelli, University of Connecticut Fabio Miranda, University of Illinois at Chicago Marc Miskin, University of Pennsylvania David Nicholson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution James Olsen, Princeton University Angelique Paulk, Massachusetts General Hospital Carlos Ponce, Harvard Medical School Florentine Rutaganira, Stanford University Benjamin Sabari, UT Southwestern Medical center Jeff Sakamoto, University of Michigan Scarlett (Guoli) Shi, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Prerana Shrestha, Stony Brook University Samantha Siedlecki, University of Connecticut Annabelle Singer, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University Mahdi Soltanolkotabi, University of Southern California Daniel Suess, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nathaniel Szymczak, University of Michigan Weiyi Tang, Princeton University Alexander Tchekhovskoy, Northwestern University George Wong, Institute for Advanced Study Huaiying Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University Shijia Zhu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
The Indonesian-American symposium, which took place August 1-5 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia was sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and co-organized by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) and the NAS. Sessions focused on early childhood education and learning, -marine microbial diversity in a changing environment, nature-inspired chemistry: from medicine to materials, the neuroscience of truth and deception, point of care diagnostics and political ecologies of health and the climate crisis. A complete symposium program may be found at www.nasonline.org/idakfos2022.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
| Sarah Barber, Georgia State University Nadia Brashier, Purdue University Danny Coffey, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Richard Coleman, University of Texas, Austin Kelle Freel, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Tyrone Grandison, Microsoft Allon Hochbaum, University of California, Irvine Gregory Holland, San Diego State University Matthew Iacchei, Hawaiʻi Pacific University Brian King, Pennsylvania State University |
Wilbur Lam, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology Nichole Lighthall, University of Central Florida Jacqueline Linnes, Purdue University Megan McCain, University of Southern California Mohammad Moniruzzaman, University of Miami Vishnu Murty, Temple University Angela Richards Dona, University of Hawaii at Manoa Lisa Scott, University of Florida Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Ohio State University Nyssa Silbiger, California State University, Northridge |
The Japanese-American-German symposium, which took place September 16-18 in Irvine, California, US was co-organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the NAS. Sessions focused on algorithms for fairness in the real world, ethnocentrism in science: what are we missing and why?, origin of elements, slow earthquakes, small molecule activation and conversion by inorganic complexes and materials, synthetic biology, artificial organisms and artificial ecosystems. A complete symposium program may be found at www.nasonline.org/jagkfos2022.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
| Richard Adeyemi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Kim Blisniuk, San Jose State University Simina Brânzei, Purdue University Matthew Comstock, Michigan State University Ann Cook, The Ohio State University Sarah Cowie, University of Nevada, Reno Anna Grassellino, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Xiaoxia "Nina" Lin, University of Michigan Ora Marek-Martinez, Northern Arizona University |
Smaranda C. Marinescu, University of Southern California Charles McCrory, University of Michigan Patrick Meade, Stony Brook University Monica Munoz-Torres, University of Colorado Wesley Pegden, Carnegie Mellon University Zachary Pincus, Washington University, St. Louis Zachary Ross, California Institute of Technology Amanda Thomas, University of Oregon |
The Israeli-American symposium, held October 19-21 in Irvine, California, US, was co-organized by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities (IASH) and the NAS. Sessions focused on brain-machine interfaces, breaking the law: probes of physics beyond the standard model, emptied ecosystems, immune metabolism: what you (and your cells) eat is what you fight, ionic materials, microbiomes in selective environments and twist and shout: the rise of moiré two-dimensional materials. A complete symposium program with videos of presentations may be found at www.nasonline.org/isuskfos2022.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
| Karthik Anantharaman, University of Wisconsin - Madison Jacob Andreas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gopala Anumanchipalli, University of California, Berkeley Shane Ardo, University of California, Irvine Morgane Austern, Harvard University David Breslow, Yale University Christina Camell, University of Minnesota Adrienne Correa, Rice University Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota Wendy Gordon, University of Minnesota Liberty Hamilton, University of Texas at Austin Sarah Hird, University of Connecticut Alexander Huth, University of Texas at Austin Ankur Jain, Whitehead Institute |
Stevan Nadj-Perge, California Institute of Technology Rahul Nandkishore, University of Colorado, Boulder Isobel R. Ojalvo, Princeton University Peter P. Orth, Iowa State University Asa Rennermalm, Rutgers University Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University Marco Rolandi, University of California, Santa Cruz Florencia Sangermano, Clark University Kimberly See, California Institute of Technology Jie Shan, Cornell University Jon Simon, University of Chicago Mckenzie Skiles, The University of Utah Rachel Ward, University of Texas at Austin Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, University of Utah |
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, with major support provided by The Kavli Foundation. More information is available at www.nasonline.org/kfos.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and -- with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine – provides science, technology, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.
The Kavli Foundation, based in Los Angeles, California, is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity, promoting public understanding of scientific research, and supporting scientists and their work.
