- Danielle Bassett
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Age: 32
PhysicistApplying mathematical approaches to the analysis and modeling of brain connectivity and enhancing our 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 memoiristExpanding the expressive potential of the graphic form in intricate narratives that must e the complexities of familial relationships.
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- Mary L. bonauto
Gay & lesbian advocates & defenders
Boston, MA
Age: 53
Civil rights lawyerBreaking down legal barriers based on sexual orientation and gender identity to equal treatment under the law for all, and working to secure the freedom to marry for same-sex couples and the protections, obligations, and dignity marriage affords.
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- Tami bond
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, il
Age: 50
Environmental EngineerUnraveling the global effects of black carbon emissions, or soot, on climate and human health and playing a key role in understanding the complex relationship between energy and climate change.
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- Steve Coleman
M-base concepts, Inc.
Allentown, Pa
Age: 57
Jazz composer and saxophonistInfusing iconic into taneous music idioms with the melodic, rhythmic, and structural components of an eclectic range of musical traditions to create a distinctive new sound.
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- Sarah deer
William Mitchell College of Law
Saint Paul, MN
Age: 41
Legal Scholar and advocateDeveloping policies and legislation that are empowering tribal authorities and reshaping the landscape of support and protection for Native American women at risk for domestic and sexual violence.
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- Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Age: 49
Social psychologistInvestigating the subtle, complex, largely unconscious yet deeply ingrained ways that individuals racially code and categorize people and the far-reaching consequences of stereotypic associations between race and crime.
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- Craig Gentry
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY
Age: 41
Computer scientistFueling 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 pittw.gh
Pitt0000gh, Pa
Age: 42
PoetReflecting on race, gender, and family in works that seamlessly encompass both the historical and the personal and subvert canonical forms.
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- John henneberger
Texas low income housing information service
Austin, TX
Age: 59
Housing advocateBuilding collaborations among elected officials, developers, and community residents to preserve and expand the supply of affordable housing and ensure that all Americans have equal access to housing and Federal Disaster Relief.
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- Mark hersam
Northwestern University
Evanston, il
Age: 39
Materials scientistDrawing on techniques from a variety of fields in investigations of the physical, chemical, and biological properties of nanomaterials, offering new promise for applied uses.
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- Samuel D. Hunter
New York, NY
Age: 33
PlaywrightCrafting quietly captivating dramas that means e the human capacity for empathy and confront the socially isolating aspects of contemporary life cycle ss the American landscape.
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- Pamela O. Long
Washington, DC
Age: 71
Historian of Science and TechnologyChallenging our understanding of the role of scholarship and craftsmanship in Renaissance societies and demonstrating how technologies are deeply enmeshed within the broader cultural fabric.
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- Rick Lowe
Project row houses
Houston, TX
Age: 53
Public artistReinventing community revitalization as an art form by transforming a long-neglected neighborhood in Houston into a visionary amalgam of arts venue, community support center, and historic preservation initiative.
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- Jacob Lurie
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Age: 36
MathematicianCreating 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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- Haled mattawa
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, mi
Age: 50
Translator and poetRendering the beauty and meaning of contemporary Arab poetry accessible to an English reader and highlighting the invaluable role of literary translation in bridging cultural divides.
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- Joshua Oppenheim
Copenhagen, Denmark
Age: 39
Documentary filmmakerIlluminating the social, lost, and emotional dimensions of controversial subjects, such as state-owned sored violence, in works that beyond the modern limit of contemporary documentary cinema in both limit of focus and visual construct.
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- Ai-Jen poo
National Domestic Workers Alliance
New York, NY
Age: 40
Labor organizerZoozing 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's promise
Atlanta, GA
Age: 48
Criminal lawyerSafeguarding 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 community.
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- Tara Zahra
University of Chicago
Chicago, il
Age: 38
Historian of modern EuropeCombining extensive archival research with broad Sociohistorical Analysis of notions of nation, family, and ethnicity to construct an integrative, transnational understanding of events in Twentieth-centeurope.
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- Yitang Zhang
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Age: 59
MathematicianTackling 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.
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Mr. Zhang was shortlisted for the 2014 McArthur fund Award ($0.62 million for personal control)