History
In February 1996, theAgencies
The agencies participating in the PECASE Awards program are: *Recipients
1996
Following the creation of PECASE in February 1996, President Bill Clinton announced the first recipients on December 16 of that year:Department of Agriculture
*Department of Commerce
*Department of Defense
*Department of Health and Human Services
*Eiman Azim, Salk Institute for Biological Studies *Sanjay Basu, Stanford University *Scott Boyd (biochemist), Scott Boyd, Stanford University School of Medicine *Adriana Galván, University of California – Los Angeles *Shafali Jeste, University of California – Los Angeles *Zachary Knight, University of California – San Francisco School of Medicine *Darren Lipomi, University of California – San Diego *Michelle Monje, Stanford University *James Olzmann, University of California – Berkeley *Carolyn I. Rodriguez, Stanford University *Wenjun Zhang (biochemist), Wenjun Zhang, University of California – Berkeley *Elena Gracheva, Yale University School of Medicine *Anne Marie France, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Emily Haas (behavioral scientist), Emily Haas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Matthew Maenner, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Lucy McNamara, National Center for Infectious Diseases *Subbian Panayampalli, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases *Oduyebo Titilope, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion *Binnian Wei, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Lana Garmire, University of Hawaii at Manoa *Daniel Llano, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign *Joel Voss, Northwestern University *Jeremy Greenlee, University of Iowa *John Brognard, National Institutes of Health *Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University *Donna Gogerdchi, University of Maryland School of Medicine *Silvana Goldszmid, National Institutes of Health *Christopher Hourigan, National Institutes of Health *Katherine McJunkin, National Institutes of Health *Adam Phillippy, National Institutes of Health *Anish Thomas, National Institutes of Health *Catherine Weisz, National Institutes of Health *Kwanghun Chung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Sarah Collins Rossetti, Sarah Collins, Brigham and Women’s Hospital *Felipe Fregni, Harvard Medical School *Eric Greer, Harvard Medical School *John Harris (dermatologist), John Harris, University of Massachusetts Medical School *Amy Janes, Harvard Medical School *Steve Ramirez, Harvard University *Conor Walsh, Harvard Medical School *Jessica Whited, Harvard Medical School *Joanne Kahlenberg, University of Michigan Medical School *Colter Mitchell, University of Michigan *Moriah Thomason, Wayne State University *Melena Bellin, University of Minnesota *Angela Pannier, University of Nebraska – Lincoln *Jennifer Gillette, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center *Sandeep Mallipattu, Stony Brook School of Medicine *Ian Maze, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai *Priya Rajasethupathy, Rockefeller University *Neville Sanjana, New York Genome Center *Jason Sheltzer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory *Ron Alterovitz, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill *Michael Boyce (biochemist), Michael Boyce, Duke University School of Medicine *Chandra Jackson, National Institutes of Health *Jennifer Martinez (physician), Jennifer Martinez, National Institutes of Health *Spencer Smith (engineer), Spencer Smith, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill *Tracey Yap, Duke University *Sohini Ramachandran, Brown University *Meenakshi Madhur, Vanderbilt University *Namkee Choi, University of Texas – Austin *Katherine King (physician), Katherine King, Baylor College of Medicine *David Zhang, Rice University *Kory Lavine, Washington University School of Medicine *Sara Lindstroem, University of Washington *Elizabeth Nance, University of Washington *Xudong Wang, University of Wisconsin – MadisonDepartment of the Interior
*Annemarie Baltay, Earthquake Science Center *Aaron Wech, Volcano Science Center *Heather Wright (vulcanologist), Heather Wright, Volcano Science Center *Brian Ebel, National Research Program *Celestine Mercer, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center *Patricia Dalyander, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center *Nedal Nassar, National Minerals Information Center *Jeffrey Lorch, National Wildlife Health CenterDepartment of Veterans Affairs
*Eric Chang (physician), Eric Chang, San Diego VA Healthcare System *David Clark (physician), David Clark, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center *Jason Wertheim, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center *Walid Gellad, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemEnvironmental Protection Agency
*Carlie LaLone, Environmental Protection Agency *Jon Sobus, Environmental Protection AgencyIntelligence Community
*Rodney Blakestad, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Christopher Boehnen, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Sean Carrick, National Security Agency *Kristin DeWitt, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Candice Gerstner, National Security Agency *Seth Goldstein (scientist), Seth Goldstein, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Alexis Jeannotte, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Jonas Kibelbek, National Security Agency *David A. Markowitz, David Markowitz, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity *Katelyn Meixner, National Security Agency *Sean Weaver, National Security Agency *Timothy Burchfield, University of Texas – Dallas *Elizabeth Bernstein (geoscientist), Elizabeth Bernstein, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *Hak Jae Kim, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *Matthew Klaric, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *Frances Lacagnina, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *Alexis Truitt, National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
*Jennifer Barrila, Arizona State University *Lynn Carter (physicist), Lynn Carter, University of Arizona *Laura Barge, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory *Erika Hamden, California Institute of Technology *John Reager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory *Jonathan Sauder, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory *David Smith (microbiologist), David Smith, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center *Gioia Massa, Kennedy Space Center *Kelly Stephani, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign *Abigail Vieregg, University of Chicago *Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University *Giada Arney, Goddard Space Flight Center *Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Goddard Space Flight Center *Jennifer Stern, Goddard Space Flight Center *Evan Pineda, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center *Mark Blenner, Clemson University *Richard Moore (atmospheric scientist), Richard Moore, Langley Research Center *Yolanda Shea, Langley Research CenterNational Science Foundation
*Karolina Mukhtar, University of Alabama – Birmingham *Sefaattin Tongay, Arizona State University *Lynette Cegelski, Stanford University *Anca Dragan, University of California – Berkeley *Heather Knutson, California Institute of Technology *Percy Liang, Stanford University *Christian Linder, Stanford University *Thomas Maimone, University of California – Berkeley *Suveen Mathaudhu, University of California – Riverside *Aaron Parsons, University of California – Berkeley *Thomas Vidick, California Institute of Technology *Matei Zaharia, Stanford University *Jamil Zaki, Stanford University *Eric Toberer, Colorado School of Mines *Marie Coppola, University of Connecticut *Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University *Fengnian Xia, Yale University *Aysegul Gunduz, University of Florida *Erinn Muller, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium *Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida *Mark Davenport, Georgia Institute of Technology *Christopher Jett, University of West Georgia *Paula Lemons, University of Georgia *Tara Hudiburg, University of Idaho *Danna Freedman, Northwestern University *Prashant Jain, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign *Mar Reguant, Northwestern University *Amanda Hummon, University of Notre Dame *Mary Murphy (social psychologist), Mary Murphy, Indiana University *Megan Thielges, Indiana University – Bloomington *Pinar Zorlutuna, University of Notre Dame *Alexandre Shvartsburg, Wichita State University *Christina Payne, University of Kentucky Research Foundation *Christopher Jewell, University of Maryland – College Park *Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University *Barna Saha, University of Massachusetts – Amherst *Cara Stepp, Boston University *Christine Aidala, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor *Corinna Schindler, University of Michigan *Dominik Schillinger, University of Minnesota *John McCutcheon (astrobiologist), John McCutcheon, University of Montana *Marilyne Stains, University of Nebraska – Lincoln *Xia Zhou, Dartmouth College *Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University *Han Liu, Princeton University *Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University *Alejandro Rodriguez (electrical engineer), Alejandro Rodriguez, Princeton University *Jessica Ware, Rutgers University – Newark *Saman Zonouz, Rutgers University *Luis Campos (chemist), Luis Campos, Columbia University *Cory Dean, Columbia University *Joanna Kiryluk, Stony Brook University *Qiang Lin, University of Rochester *Kristin Myers, Columbia University *Rebecca Slayton, Cornell University *Linwei Wang, Rochester Institute of Technology *Roseanna Zia, Cornell University *Lorena Bociu, North Carolina State University *Nicolas Cassar, Duke University *Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang, North Carolina State University *Lillian Pierce, Duke University *Jennifer Carter, Case Western Reserve University *Philip Feng, Case Western Reserve University *Chuan Xue, Ohio State University *Po-Shen Loh, Carnegie-Mellon University *Edward O'Brien (biochemist), Edward O'Brien, Pennsylvania State University *Tak-Sing Wong, Pennsylvania State University *Christopher Wright (education researcher), Christopher Wright, Drexel University *Whitney Behr, University of Texas – Austin *James Howison, University of Texas – Austin *Todd Humphreys, University of Texas – Austin *Matthew Walsh (biologist), Matthew Walsh, University of Texas – Arlington *Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University *Nitya Kallivayalil, University of Virginia *Matthew Kirwan, College of William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science *Megan Wawro, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University *Laura Prugh, University of Washington *Chunlei Liang, George Washington University *Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin *Jeff Clune, University of WyomingSmithsonian Institution
*Kristina Teixeira, Smithsonian InstitutionSee also
* Presidential Young Investigator AwardNotes
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