Staff Excellence in 2024

Peter Gao is one of 19 researchers from across the U.S. and Canada who were awarded a $50,000 Scialog grant. The initiative was launched by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Kavli Foundation, and NASA to advance interdisciplinary research that will advance the search for life beyond Earth by deploying a basic science approach. The Scialog program, short for “science + dialog” was created in 2010 by RCSA to support new research directions. Together with Renyu Hu of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Chenguang Sun of the University of Texas at Austin, Gao will study how geologic processes in the interiors of exoplanets may help us detect and determine their atmospheres. 

Carnegie mineralogist Shaunna Morrison was awarded the American Geophysical Union’s Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences, which recognizes significant contributions from researchers within six years of receiving their Ph.D. Morrison combines her expertise in crystallography and crystal chemistry with cutting-edge machine learning and data visualization methods. As a co-investigator on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover mission, Morrison applied her expertise to predict the location of previously unknown mineral deposits and Mars analog environments on Earth, and to uncover mineralogical signs of life.

Carnegie Research Scientist Anirudh Prabhu was recognized for early career excellence in Earth and space science informatics by the European Geosciences Union. The EGU selects one researcher in the Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) division to honor with the annual Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award.  Prabhu's research focuses on advancing data science by developing and applying analytics and machine learning techniques to answer some of the biggest questions in science. 

Four alumni of the Carnegie Astrophysics Summer Internship (CASSI)program were recognized by the American Astronomical Society for exemplary undergraduate student research. The Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards and Honorable Mentions are given to undergraduate and graduate students who present posters at one of the society’s meetings.

The 2024 AAS awardees include Theodore Chawla of Evergreen Valley College (2023 CASSI); Tiffany Liou of the University of California San Diego (2022); and Kendra Nguyen of Pomona College (2021); Domani Sharkey of Caltech (2023) also received an honorable mention.

Allan Spradling, whose research pioneered major advances in stem cell science and reproductive biology, is one of three recipients of the 2024 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science. The three investigators are recognized for their discovery of the stem cell niche—a micro-environment that controls stem cell identity. 

Arthur Grossman was selected as one of 120 new members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. This is one of the highest honors bestowed within the scientific community.

Adrien Burlacot was one of five early career scientists selected to give spotlight presentations at the American Society of Plant Biologists’ (ASPB) centennial annual meeting in the summer of 2024. The ASPB Scholars program honors future leaders in the field who are advancing novel science directions. The recognition highlights those whose work focuses on topics that are unique to plant science, including photosynthesis, plant cell biology, plant genomics, plant cell wall formation, and more.

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