2011 National Medals CeremonyCheck all the winners of 2011 National Medals Ceremony. |
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National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences |
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Lucille Shapiro(For the pioneering discovery that the bacterial cell is controlled by an integrated genetic circuit functioning in time and space that serves as a systems engineering paradigm underlying cell differentiation and ultimately the generation of diversity in all organisms.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Frances Arnold(For pioneering research on biofuels and chemicals that could lead to the replacement of pollution-generating materials.) |
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences |
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Leroy Hood(For pioneering spirit, passion, vision, inventions, and leadership combined with unique cross-disciplinary approaches resulting in entrepreneurial ventures, transformative commercial products, and several new scientific disciplines that have challenged and transformed the fields of biotechnology, genomics, proteomics, personalized medicine, and science education.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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George Carruthers(For invention of the Far UV Electrographic Camera, which significantly improved our understanding of space and earth science.) |
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences |
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Sallie W. Chisholm(For contributions to the discovery and understanding of the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, promotion of the field of microbial oceanography, and influence on marine policy and management.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Robert S. Langer(For inventions and discoveries that led to the development of controlled drug release systems, engineered tissues, angiogenesis inhibitors, and new biomaterials.) |
National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science |
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Anne Treisman(For a 50-year career of penetrating originality and depth that has led to the understanding of fundamental attentional limits in the human mind and brain.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Norman McCombs(For the development and commercialization of pressure swing adsorption oxygen-supply systems with a wide range of medical and industrial applications that have led to improved health and substantially reduced health care costs) |
National Medal of Science for Chemistry |
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Allen J. Bard(For contributions in electrochemistry, including electroluminescence, semiconductor photoelectrochemistry, electroanalytical chemistry, and the invention of the scanning electrochemical microscope.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Gholam A. Peyman(For invention of the LASIK surgical technique, and for developing the field of intraocular drug administration and expanding the field of retinal surgery.) |
National Medal of Science for Chemistry |
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M. Frederick Hawthorne(For highly creative pioneering research in inorganic, organometallic, and medicinal borane chemistry, sustained and profound contributions to scientific and technical advice related to national security, and for effective, prolific, and devoted service to the broad field of chemical sciences.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Arthur H. Rosenfeld(For extraordinary leadership in the development of energy-efficient building technologies and related standards and policies.) |
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science |
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Solomon W. Golomb(For pioneering work in shift register sequences that changed the course of communications from analog to digital, and for numerous innovations in reliable and secure space, radar, cellular, wireless, and spread-spectrum communications.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Jan Vil?ek(For pioneering work on interferons and key contributions to the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.) |
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science |
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Barry Mazur(For original and landmark contributions to differential topology, number theory, and arithmetic algebraic geometry, where, among other applications, his work was foundational to Wiles proof of Fermat Last Theorem, and for his dedication to communicating subtle mathematical ideas to the broader public.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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Samuel E. Blum, Rangaswamy Srinivasan, James Wynne(For the pioneering discovery of excimer laser ablative photodecomposition of human and animal tissue, laying the foundation for PRK and LASIK, laser refractive surgical techniques that have revolutionized vision enhancement.) |
National Medal of Science for Engineering |
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John B. Goodenough(For groundbreaking cathode research that led to the first commercial lithium ion battery, which has since revolutionized consumer electronics with technical applications for portable and stationary power.) |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
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BBN Technologies(For sustained innovation through the engineering of first-of-a-kind, practical systems in acoustics, signal processing, and information technology.) |
National Medal of Science for Physical Science |
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Sidney Drell(For contributions to quantum field theory and quantum chromodynamics, application of science to inform national policies in security and intelligence, and distinguished contributions as an advisor to the United States Government.) |
National Medal of Science for Physical Science |
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Sandra Faber(For leadership in numerous path-breaking studies of extra-galactic astronomy and galaxy formation, and for oversight of the construction of important instruments, including the Keck telescopes.) |
National Medal of Science for Physical Science |
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Sylvester James Gates(For contributions to the mathematics of supersymmetry in particle, field, and string theories and extraordinary efforts to engage the public on the beauty and wonder of fundamental physics.) |
