2009 Blavatnik finalists announced!
The New York Academy of Sciences is delighted to present the finalists of the 2009 New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
In the third annual Blavatnik Awards, 12 young scientists from the tri-state area were selected as finalists for their outstanding work as postdoctoral fellows and young faculty members. The 2009 jury of esteemed judges made its decision after two rounds of reviewing based on the finalists' exceptionally elegant, innovative, and significant interdisciplinary research projects. Faculty awardees will receive up to $25,000 and postdoctoral awardees will receive up to $15,000 in unrestricted funds.
Winners will be announced and all finalists of the 2009 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists will be honored at the New York Academy of Sciences’ 6th annual Science & the City Gala, on November 16th.
Meet the 2009 Blavatnik Awards Finalists:
Faculty Finalists
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Postdoctoral Finalists
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Paul Chirik
Cornell University
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Sreekanth Chalasani
The Rockefeller University
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Carmala Garzione
University of Rochester
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Ofer Feinerman
Sloan-Kettering Institute
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Tamas Horvath
Yale University
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Eva Pastalkova
Rutgers University
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Lam Hui
Columbia University
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Alexander Pechen
Princeton University
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Ben Oppenheimer
American Museum of Natural History
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Shai Shaham
The Rockefeller University
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Daniel Sigman
Princeton University
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Denis Zorin
New York University
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