The awards, announced today (Dec. 19), are the nation's highest honor given by the White House to researchers at the outset of their professional scientific careers.
The UC-affiliated winners are:
UC Berkeley
Rachel A. Segalman, assistant professor of chemical engineering
Sanjit Seshia, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences
Joan L. Walker, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering with a joint appointment at the campus's Global Metropolitan Studies Program
UC Davis
Valerie T. Eviner, assistant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and assistant ecologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station
Zhongli Pan, associate adjunct professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and research engineer in the U.S. Department of Agriculture/ARS Western Regional Research Center
UC Merced
Monica Medina, assistant professor in the School of Natural Sciences
UC Santa Cruz
Alexander Gamburd, professor of mathematics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jennifer S. Martinez, researcher with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Established in 1996, the PECASE program honors the most promising researchers in the nation within their fields. Nine federal departments and agencies annually nominate scientists and engineers who are at the start of their careers and whose work shows exceptional promise for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge. Participating agencies award these talented scientists and engineers with up to five years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions.
For more information: White House release