THE JOHN
SCOTT AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Award Recipients
Bjarne StroustrupTechnical Fellow and a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan StanleyNew York City. Visiting Professor in Computer Science at Columbia University. |
For the design and implementation of C++ programming language |
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Dr. James West Johns
Hopkins University |
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| Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy NEC Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California Berkeley, CA |
For her pioneering contributions to
robotics and engineering science. |
| Dr.
Warren Ewens Australian-born mathematician who has been Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1997. (Emeritus Faculty) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. |
To recognize his research on the
mathematical, statistical and theoretical aspects of population
genetics.
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| Dr. Masatoshi Nei Emeritus Professor of Biology and Adjunct Professor at Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
For his work in developing
new concepts of evolutionary theory. |
| Dr.
Emmanuelle Charpentier, Director, Max Planck Institute for
Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Doudna Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Dr. Feng Zhang, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Investigator at McGovern Institute for Brain Res, MIT |
For elucidating the molecular mechanisms
governing CRISPR- Cas Systems, which defend prokaryotic cells
against viruses and foreign nucleic acids, and for enabling the
application of these systems as revolutionary tools for genome control
and editing. |
| Dr.
Carl
H.
June, Director of the Translational Research Program &
Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Abramson Family Cancer
Research Institute, Uiversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
To recognize his work on developing and
testing novel forms of immunotherapy for cancer and chronic infections. |
| Dr.
Madeleine M. Joullié Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
To recognize Dr. Madeleine M. Joullié’s research on the synthesis of natural products which has led to the creation of antiviral and antibacterial compounds, agents that can interfere with tumor angiogenesis, and other natural products used against cancer. Dr. Joullie has also developed compounds that are key elements of fingerprinting and forensic science. |
| Dr. John P. Perdew Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics and Chemistry, School of Science & Technology Founding Director, Center for Materials Theory Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. |
To recognize Dr. Perdew for his key role in the development of density functional theory (DFT) which has led to a fundamental understanding and design of the structure and behavior of materials. He “derived exact properties of the exchange-correlation energy, using exact constraints to construct the approximations widely used for applications across condensed matter physics, chemistry and materials science.” He is one of the most cited physicists. |
| Dr. Susan
Band Horwitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Distinguished Professor & Co-Chair, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research Past President, American Association for Cancer Research |
Recognized for her
groundbreaking research in the development of drugs derived from
natural products for the treatment of malignancies and on the
challenges of dealing with the emergence of drug resistance in cancer. |
| Dr. Leonard
Hayflick Professor of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Founding Member, Council of the National Institute on Aging Past President, Gerontological Society of America |
Recognized for their
pioneering work discovery that, unline immortal cancer cells, normal
human cells are mortal. His interpretation of mortality as
cellular
aging established the modern era of aging research, and his development
of a human cell strain used to make most human virus vaccines has
benefitted billions world-wide. He is the author of the
best-selling
book, "How and Why We Age," which has sbeen translated into nine
languages. |
| Dr. Paul S. Moorhead Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Past Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Lab at Children's Hospital, Philadelphia Past Supervisor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine Cytogenetics Lab. |
Recognized for his work at the Wistar Institute with Dr. Leonard Hayflick in the discovery that normal human cells are mortal, as well as his development of a technique for microscopically visualizing human and animal chromosomes that became a standard world-wide. The paper Dr. Moorhead co-authored in 1961 with Dr. Hayflick, "The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains," has become one of the most frequently cited scientific papers in modern history. Dr. Moorhead won the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award on three separate occasions. |
| Dr, N. Scott
Adzick C.Everett Koop Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Surgeon-in-Chief, CHOP Director, Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery Professor, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Cynecology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Recognized for his contributions
to the practice of fetal surgery, exploring cutting edge surgical
treatment options for life-threatening fetal anatomic malformations. |
| Dr. P. Leslie
Dutton Eldridge Reeves Johnson Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics Director, Johnson Foundation of Molecular Biophysics Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Fellow of the Royal Society |
Recognized for his work on the
elementary processes of oxidation-reduction and the diverse biological
events coupled to them. |
| Dr. Robert L. Brent Head of Clinical & Environmental Teratology Research Lab A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Radiology & Pathology Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences |
Recognized for his work on
environmental causes of birth defects including exposure to drugs,
chemicals, and ionizing radiation. |
| Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt Albert Einstein Professor in Science Director, Princeton Center for
Theoretical Science
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ He is also on the faculty of both the departments of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences. |
Recognized for his pioneering
achievements in developing the theory of quasicrystals and for
co-discovering the first natural quasicrystals. He shared the P.A.M. Dirac Medal from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 2002 for his contribution to the development of the inflationary model of the universe, and received the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society in 2010 for his contribution to the theory of quasicrystals. He is the author of over 200 refereed articles, several technical books and numerous popular articles. |
| Dr. John
Q. Trojanowski & Dr.
Virginia Man-Yee Lee Dr. Lee is the Director and Dr. Trojanowski is the Co-Director Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
Recognized for their
groundbreaking research into the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases. Dr. Trojanowski's research centers on molecular mechanisms of neuron dysfunction, degeneration and death in normal aging and in neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. D.Lee's research focuses on disease proteins that form pathological inclusions in hereditary and sporadic Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related neurodegenerative disorders of aging. Their research provides critical evidence for the direction of new areas of research that are needed to identify targets and create better treatments for these debilitating diseases. |
| Dr. David
E. Kuhl Dr. Kuhl served as the Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Michigan for 20 years and retired in 2011 |
Recognized for his groundbreaking work in positron emission tomography (PET). He pioneered the development of single proton emission computer tomography (SPECT), which led to PET. He remains a leading researcher in PET applications, particularly in the study of cardiovascular and brain function. His research is focused on introducing new measures of neurochemical and metabolic processes determined within the living brain, using radioactive molecular tracers and emission reconstruction tomography. He has also received the Japan Prize for his contributions to tomographic imaging in nuclear medicine and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He holds memberships and leadership positions in professional societies, including the American College of Radiology, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the Association of University Radiologists. |
| Dr. Jenny Pickworth
Glusker Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia , PA |
Recognized for her pioneering
work in determining the three-dimensional structure of biologically
important molecules. Dr. Glusker determined the molecular
structure of a hexacarboxylic acid, derived from Vitamin B12, which led
to the determination of the previously unknown chemical formula of
Vitamin B12, the "anti-pernicious anemia factor," the largest molecular
structure to be determined by x-ray diffraction methods as the
time. Her work on the molecular structure of components of the
Krebs cycle provided critical new insights into the molecular and
biochemical aspects of metabolism. Her impact on our knowledge of
the causes and possible treatment of cancer continued with her
determination of the structures of numerous anti-tumor agents and
important mutagens, including the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
benzo[a]pyrene and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, which are the major
carcinogens in tobacco smoke. Her novel triangular plots to
represent the positions of metal ions with respect to the three most
likely binding atoms in proteins, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and her
skillful analyses have greatly expanded our understanding and
appreciation of the roles of metals in catalysis. |
