2014 Makaseki Gold medal, totally addictive Tang finalist ($ 620,000 for personal control)

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Meet the MacArthur Fellows
  • Danielle Bassett

    University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Age:32

    physicist

    Applying mathematical approaches to the analysis and modeling of brain connectivity and enhancing we understanding of how These connections give rise to the functions the brain performs.

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  • alison bechdel

    Bolton, VT

    age:54

    Cartoonist and Graphic memoirist  

    expanding the expressive potential of the Graphic form in Intricate narratives that explore the complexities of familial relationships.

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  • mary L. bonauto

    Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

    boston, MA

    age:53

    Civil Rights Lawyer  

    breaking down legal barriers based on sexual orientation and gender Identity to equal treatment under, and working to secure the freedom-marry for same-sex couples and the protections, obligations, and dignity marriage affords.

     more 
  • tami bond

    University of Illinois at Urbana-champaign

    urbana, IL

    age:50

    Environmental Engineer  

    unraveling the global effects of black carbon emissions, or soot, on Clima TE and human health and playing a key role in understanding the complex relationship between energy and climate change.

     more 
  • steve coleman

    M-Base Concepts, Inc.

    allentown, PA

    age:57

    Jazz Composer and Saxophonist  

    infusing iconic spontaneous music idioms with the melodic, rhythmic, and structural components of the eclectic range of musical traditions to create a distinctive new sound.

     more 
  • sarah deer

    William Mitchell College of law

    saint Paul, MN

    age:41

    Legal Scholar and Advocate  

    developing policies and legislation that is empowering tribal Authorities and reshaping the landscape of support and protection for Native American women at risk for domestic and Sexua L violence.

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  • jennifer L. eberhardt

    Stanford University

    stanford, CA

    age:49

    Social Psychologist  

    investigating the subtle, complex, largely unconscious yet deeply Ingrained ways that individuals racially code and categorize people and the far-reaching consequences of Stereotypic Assoc Iations between race and crime.

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  • craig gentry

    IBM Thomas J. Watson The Center

    yorktown Heights, NY

    age:41

    Computer Scientist  

    fueling a revolution in cryptography and theoretical computer science Through his breakthroughs in fully homomorphic encryption, leading to the possibility of more secure cloud computing.

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  • terrance hayes

    University of Pittsburgh

    pittsburgh, PA

    age:42

    Poet  

    reflecting on race, gender, and family in works that seamlessly encompass both the Histori Cal and the personal and subvert canonical forms.

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  • john henneberger

    Texas Low Income Housing Information Service

    austin, TX

    age:59

    Housing Advocate  

    building collaborations among elected officials, developers, and community Residents to preserve and expand the supply of affordable housing and ensure so all Americans has equal access to Housi NG and federal disaster relief.

     more 
  • mark hersam

    Northwestern University

    evanston, IL

    age:39

    Materials Scientist  

    drawing on techniques from a variety of fields in investigations of the ph Ysical, chemical, and biological properties of nanomaterials, offering new promise for applied uses.

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  • samuel D. Hunter

    New York, NY

    age:33

    Playwright  

    crafting quietly captivating dramas that explore the human capacity for empathy an D confront the socially isolating aspects of contemporary life across the American landscape.

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  • pamela O. Long

    Washington, DC

    age:71

    Historian of Science and technology

    challenging our understanding of the role of scholarship and craft Smanship in Renaissance societies and demonstrating how technologies is deeply enmeshed within the broader cultural Fabri C.

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  • rick lowe

    Project Row Houses

    houston, TX

    age:53

    public Artist  

    reinventing community revitalization as an art form by transforming a long-neglected neighborhood in Houston to a visionary amalgam of arts venue, community support CE Nter, and Historic Preservation initiative.

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  • jacob lurie

    cambridge, MA

    age:36

    mathematician  

    creating a novel conceptual foundation for Derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view.

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  • khaled mattawa

    University of Michigan

    ann Arbor, MI

    age:50

    Translator and Poet  

    rendering the beauty and meaning of contemporary Arab poetry accessible to an E Nglish Reader and highlighting the invaluable role of literary translation in bridging cultural divides.

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  • joshua oppenheimer

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    age:39

    documentary filmmaker  

    illuminating the social, Psychological, and emotional dimensions of controversial subjects, such as state-sponsored violence, in works that Challen GE the modern aesthetic of contemporary documentary cinema in both intimacy of focus and visual construct.

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  • ai-jen poo

    National Domestic Workers Alliance

    new York, NY

    age:40

    Labor Organizer  

    catalyzing a vibrant, worker-led movement for improved working conditions and Labor standards for domestic or private-household workers.

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  • jonathan rapping

    Gideon" Promise

    atlanta, GA

    age:48

    Criminal Lawyer  

    safeguarding the essential democratic right of every American to High-quality Legal representation by transforming the practice of indigent defense in the south through training, mentorship, and Commu Nity.

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  • tara zahra

    University of Chicago

    chicago, IL

    age:38

    Historian of Modern Europe  

    combining extensive archival, with broad sociohistorical Analysis of notions of nation, family, and ethnicity to construct a integrative, transnational understanding of events in Twentieth-century Europe.

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  • yitang zhang

    University of New Hampshire

    durham, NH

    age:59

    Mathematician  

    tackling truly hard questions in number theory leading to the first finite bound on A gap between prime numbers and the best possible qualitative approximation of the twin prime conjecture.

     more 
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2014 Makaseki Gold medal, totally addictive Tang finalist ($ 620,000 for personal control)

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