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Discovery Prize Judges

Barry Barish, PhD

Nobel Prize in Physics, 2017
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002
Member, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, 2005
President’s Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics, Stony Brook University
Linde Professor Emeritus, Caltech
Distinguished Professor, UC Riverside

JoAnne Hewett, PhD

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Director, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
Professor, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics

Shadi Sandvik, PhD

IBM Faculty Award, 2019
Excellence in Research Award, State University of New York-Albany, 2012
Presidential Fellow, Research Foundation for SUNY, 2013
Women of Excellence in Emerging Professions Award, Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, 2007
NY Governor Women of Excellence Awardee, 2005
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, Professor of Nanoscale Engineering, State University of New York

Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD

Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2016
Chair, Department of Psychiatry SUNY Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry,
Stony Brook University
Associate Dean and Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Science,
Renaissance School of Medicine

Barry Barish, PhD

Richard J. Reeder, PhD

Associate Vice President,
Brookhaven National Lab Affairs
Professor of Geochemistry, Stony Brook University
Board Member, Brookhaven Science Associates</>

Ivet Bahar, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2020
Elected Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Director and Chair in Physical and Quantitative Biology
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Renaissance School of Medicine

Bruce Beutler, MD

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2011
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2008
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2008
Regental Professor and Director of the Center for Genetics of Host Defense
Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Susan L. Brantley, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2012
Fellow, Geological Society of America
Fellow, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
Fellow, European Association of Geochemistry
Fellow, International Association of GeoChemistry
Distinguished Professor of Geosciences
Director, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute
Penn State University

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry
Yale University

James H. Simons, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Chairman, Euclidean Capital LLC
Chairman, Simons Foundation

Michael S. Brown, MD

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1985
US National Medal of Science, 1988
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1980
W. A. (Monty) Moncrief Distinguished Chair in Cholesterol and Arteriosclerosis Research
Regental Professor
Paul J. Thomas Chair in Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Board of Scientific Directors, The Scripps Research Institute

Barry Coller, MD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Member, National Academy of Medicine
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
David Rockefeller Professor of Medicine,
Physician in Chief, Vice President for Medical Affairs The Rockefeller University

Ann E. McDermott, PhD

Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry, Columbia University
American Academy of Arts and Science, 2000
National Academy of Sciences, 2006

James H. Simons, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Chairman, Euclidean Capital LLC
Chairman, Simons Foundation

F. Duncan Haldane, PhD

Nobel Prize in Physics, 2016
Fellow, Royal Society, 1996
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, Princeton University
Distinguished Visiting Research Chair,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Barbara Jacak, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Director, Nuclear Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

James H. Simons, PhD

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Chairman, Euclidean Capital LLC
Chairman, Simons Foundation

Peter C. Agre, MD

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

James H. Simons, PhD

President, Euclidean Capital
Chairman, Simons Foundation
2014 National Academy of Sciences Member

Robert Shelton, PhD

President, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Former President, University of Arizona

Esther Takeuchi, PhD

Chief Scientist, Global and Regional Solutions Directorate
Brookhaven National Laboratory
SUNY Distinguished Professor
2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation