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118 Young Scientists Participate in 2023 Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia of the National Academy of Sciences
Washington – The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) selected 118 of the nation's brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to participate in the 2023 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 will hold four Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia.
The U.S. symposium, which was held March 2-4 in Irvine, California, included sessions on astrobiology: the search for life in the era of the james webb space telescope (JWST), how senses shape perception, impact of the covid pandemic on mental health, nuclear fusion energy, piloting the cancer moonshot, proteins, biology and artificial intelligence and trust, reliability and security of artificial intelligence. A complete symposium program with videos of presentations may be found here.
The following scientists were selected to participate:
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Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University |
Karen McKinnon, University of California, Los Angeles Kristen McQuinn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Yalda Moayedi, Columbia University in the City of New York Swetha Murthy, Oregon Health and Science University Dipti Nayak, University of California, Berkeley Edward O'Brien, Pennsylvania State University Lisa Olshansky, University of Illinois at Urban Champaign Lauren Orefice, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School Sergey Ovchinnikov, Harvard University Marcia Paddock, Calico Life Sciences LLC Sadye Paez, Rockefeller University Arthur Pak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aditya Parameswaran, University of California, Berkeley Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Berkeley Caprice Phillips, The Ohio State University Lauren Porter, National Institutes of Health Monika Raj, Emory University Vatsan Raman, University of Wisconsin, Madison Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto Hasina Samji, Simon Fraser University David A. Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College Amina Schartup, University of California San Diego Sameer Singh, University of California, Irvine Clara Sousa-Silva, Bard College Kelly Stephani, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Yui Takeshita, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Vivianne Tawfik, Stanford University Kristina Teixeira, Smithsonian Institution Lore Thaler, Durham University Katharine Tibbetts, Virginia Commonwealth University Krystal Tsosie, Arizona State University Madeleine Udell, Stanford University LaNell Williams, Harvard University Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Melville Wohlgemuth, University of Arizona Diyi Yang, Stanford University Marinka Zitnik, Harvard University |
The Indonesian-American symposium, which took place August 7-11 in Balikpapan, Kalimantan, 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 ai and biodata, climate vulnerabilities: a social science perspective, climate change and health, mesophotic (deep sea) corals, neuroscience of emotion and mental health and sustainable chemistry for the global good. A complete symposium program may be found at here.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
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James Blair, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona |
Regina Lapate, University of California, Santa Barbara |
The Japanese-American-German symposium, will take place October 5-8 in Dresden, Germany was co-organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the NAS. Sessions will focus on animal linguistics: origins and evolution of language, environmental humanities, high-resolution global modeling for weather and climate, the james webb space telescope: from exoplanets to dark energy and the expanding universe, explainable and robust machine learning and quantum science and technology. A complete symposium program may be found here.
The following U.S. scientists were selected to participate:
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Alexis Ault, Utah State University |
Falko Judt, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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.
