Presidential Young Investigator Award
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The Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI) was awarded by the National Science Foundation
. The program operated from 1984 to 1991, and was replaced by the NSF Young Investigator (NYI) Awards and Presidential Faculty Fellows Program (PFF). The award gave minimum of $25,000 a year for five years from NSF, with the possibility of up to $100,000 annually if the PYI obtained matching funds from industry. The program was criticized in 1990 as not being the best use of NSF funds in an era of tight budgets.
PYI award recipients include:
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. The program operated from 1984 to 1991, and was replaced by the NSF Young Investigator (NYI) Awards and Presidential Faculty Fellows Program (PFF). The award gave minimum of $25,000 a year for five years from NSF, with the possibility of up to $100,000 annually if the PYI obtained matching funds from industry. The program was criticized in 1990 as not being the best use of NSF funds in an era of tight budgets.
PYI award recipients include:
- Paul AlivisatosPaul AlivisatosArmand Paul Alivisatos is an American scientist of Greek descent, researching the structural, thermodynamic, optical, and electrical properties of nanocrystals...
, chemistry - Peter B. ArmentroutPeter B. ArmentroutPeter B. Armentrout is a reseacher in thermochemistry, kinetics, and dynamics of simple and complex chemical reactions. He is a Chemistry Professor at the University of Utah.-Career:...
, chemistry, 1984 - David P. AndersonDavid P. AndersonDavid Pope Anderson is a Research Scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory, at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston...
, computer science - Prithviraj Banerjee, computer systems architecture, 1987
- Mary BeckmanMary BeckmanMary E. Beckman is a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University. She edited the Journal of Phonetics from 1990 to 1994. Perhaps her most significant contribution to linguistics is the fact that in 1987, together with John Kingston, she organized the first Laboratory Phonology conference...
, linguistics, 1988 - Mladen BestvinaMladen BestvinaMladen Bestvina is a Croatian American mathematician working in the area of geometric group theory. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah.-Biographical info:...
, mathematics, 1988 - Rogers BrubakerRogers BrubakerRogers Brubaker is an American sociologist, and professor at University of California, Los Angeles.-Works:*, Harvard University Press, 1992, ISBN 9780674131781* , Princeton University Press, 2006, ISBN 9780691128344...
, sociology, 1994 - Stephen Z.D. ChengStephen Z.D. ChengStephen Z.D. Cheng , is an American polymer scientist and chemical engineer. Cheng is the current Dean of the College of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering, and the R.C.Musson & Trustees Professor of Polymer Science at the University of Akron.-Biography:Cheng received his Bachelor's degree in...
, polymer science, 1991 - Bruce DonaldBruce DonaldBruce Randall Donald is an American computer scientist and computational biologist. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University...
, computational biology, 1989 - Lin FanghuaLin FanghuaLin Fanghua , also sometimes written as Fang-Hua Lin, born 1959, is a Chinese-born American mathematician. Currently, he is the Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences...
, mathematics, 1989 - Eric FossumEric FossumEric R. Fossum is an American physicist and engineer, inventor of the CMOS image sensor. He is currently a professor at Thayer School of Engineering in Dartmouth College.- Early years and education :...
, electrical engineering, 1986 - Jennifer FreydJennifer FreydJennifer J. Freyd is an American psychologist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, and editor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation...
, psychology - Elaine FuchsElaine FuchsElaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs also pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assesses its...
, cell biology - Gerald FullerGerald FullerGerald G. Fuller is a Canadian/American chemical engineer and Fletcher Jones II Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University....
, chemical engineering - Huajian GaoHuajian GaoHuajian Gao is an American materials scientist and engineer. He joined the Max Planck Society in 2001 and is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart.-Education and career:...
, materials science - Leslie GreengardLeslie GreengardLeslie F. Greengard is an American mathematician, doctor of medicine and computer scientist. He is co-inventor of the fast multipole method in 1987, recognised as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century....
, advanced comp research program and computational mathematics, 1990 - David HillisDavid HillisDavid Mark Hillis is an American evolutionary biologist, and the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for his studies of molecular evolution, phylogeny, and vertebrate systematics...
, evolutionary biology, 1987 - Kathleen HowellKathleen HowellKathleen Howell is a professor at Purdue University in the School of Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering.She is a 1984 winner of the 1984 Presidential Young Investigator Award, presented to her at the White House by Ronald Reagan, and the 2004 recipient of the Dirk Brouwer Award from the...
, astronomy, 1984 - Mehran KardarMehran KardarMehran Kardar is a prominent Iranian born physicist, full Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. He received his B.A...
, physics, 1989 - Karen KavanaghKaren KavanaghKaren L. Kavanagh, Ph.D., is a professor of physics at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, where she heads , a research lab working on semiconductor nanoscience....
, physics, 1991 - Vijay Kumar (roboticist)Vijay Kumar (roboticist)Vijay Kumar is an Indian roboticist and professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.-Education:* B...
, 1991 - James W. LaBelleJames W. LaBelleJames W. LaBelle is an American physicist. He received his B.S. from Stanford University in 1980, his M.S. from Cornell University in 1982 and his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1985. He is currently a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire and...
, physics, 1990 - Kevin K. LehmannKevin K. LehmannKevin K. Lehmann is an American chemist and spectroscopist, and a famous professor, in both physics and chemistry at the University of Virginia, best-known for his work in the area of intramolecular and collisional dynamics, and for his advances in the method of cavity ring down spectroscopy...
, chemistry, 1985 - Charles E. LeisersonCharles E. LeisersonCharles Eric Leiserson is a computer scientist, specializing in the theory of parallel computing and distributed computing, and particularly practical applications thereof; as part of this effort, he developed the Cilk multithreaded language...
, computer science, 1985 - John Edwin LueckeJohn Edwin LueckeJohn Edwin Luecke is an American mathematician who works in topology and knot theory. He got his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Texas at Austin and is now a professor in the department of mathematics at that institution.-Work:...
, mathematics, 1992 - Eric MazurEric MazurEric Mazur is a prominent physicist and educator at Harvard University. Mazur is known for his work in experimental ultrafast optics and condensed matter physics and a national leader in science education...
, physics - Mark McMenaminMark McMenaminMark McMenamin is a tenured professor of geology at Mount Holyoke College. His research is primarily focused on paleontology, particularly the Ediacaran biota....
, geology, 1988 - Fulvio MeliaFulvio MeliaFulvio Melia is an Italian-American astrophysicist and author. He is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Arizona and Associate Editor of the Astrophysical Journal Letters...
, astrophysics - Carolyn MeyersCarolyn MeyersCarolyn Winstead Meyers is the president of Jackson State University. Myers was previously the fourth president of the Norfolk State University, a position she held from 2006 to 2010.-Education:...
, chemical engineering - Robert F. Murphy (computational biologist), 1983
- Randy PauschRandy PauschRandolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
, computer science - Ken PerlinKen PerlinKen Perlin is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University, founding director of the Media Research Lab at NYU, and the Director of the Games for Learning Institute. His research interests include graphics, animation, multimedia, and science education...
, computer graphics, 1991 - Ronald T. RainesRonald T. RainesRonald T. Raines is an American chemical biologist. He is the Henry Lardy Professor of Biochemistry and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Education:...
, chemical biology - Karl RubinKarl RubinKarl Rubin is an American mathematician at University of California, Irvine as Thorp Professor of Mathematics. His research interest is in elliptic curves. He was the first mathematician to show that some elliptic curves over the rationals have finite Tate-Shafarevich groups...
, mathematics - Sunil SaigalSunil Saigal-Education:Saigal obtained his bachelors degree at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India in 1978, obtaining a masters in Structures from Indian Institute of Science in 1980, and obtained his PhD in 1985 from Purdue University....
, civil engineering, 1990 - Peter SaloveyPeter SaloveyPeter Salovey is Provost and the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He joined the Yale faculty in 1986 after receiving an A.B. and M.A. from Stanford University in 1980, with departmental honors and university distinction, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1986...
, psychology - Robert SapolskyRobert SapolskyRobert Maurice Sapolsky is an American scientist and author. He is currently Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a Research Associate at the National Museums of...
, neuroendocrinology - Steven StrogatzSteven StrogatzSteven Henry Strogatz is an American mathematician and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University...
, mathematics, 1990 - Éva TardosÉva TardosÉva Tardos is a Hungarian mathematician, winner of the Fulkerson Prize , and professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.Research Interests:...
, algorithm analysis - Masaru TomitaMasaru Tomitais a Japanese molecular biologist and computer scientist, best known as the director of the and/or the inventor of GLR parser algorithm. He is a professor of Keio University, president of the , and the founder and board member of . He is also the co-founder and on the board of directors of .From...
, computational biology, 1988 - Jeffrey VitterJeffrey VitterJeffrey Scott Vitter is provost and executive vice chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.-Education:...
, computer science, 1985 - Martin YarmushMartin YarmushMartin 'Maish' YarmushDr. Martin Yarmush , an American scientist, physician, and engineer, is currently the Paul and Mary Monroe Professor of Science and Engineering and Distinguished Professor of , and the Director of the at the Massachusetts General Hospital...
, biochemical engineering, 1988 - Alex ZettlAlex ZettlAlex Zettl is an American professor of experimental condensed-matter physics. His research involving the properties of novel materials have produced significant advances in the field.-Biography:...
, physics, 1984 - Steven ZimmermanSteven ZimmermanProfessor Steven C. Zimmerman is an organic chemist on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.-Early life and education:...
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