Packard Fellows

Current listing (1995-1999)

Igor L. Aleiner

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Theory of interaction effects in mesoscopic and disordered systems; superconductivity.
Phone: 516-632-8132
FAX: 516-632-8774
Email: Igor.Aleiner@sunysb.edu
WWW: http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/faculty.htm#aleiner
Address: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794




Anton V. Andreev

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

The area of theoretical condensed matter physics with the emphasis on electronic properties of mesoscopic and disordered systems.
Phone: 303-735-2168
FAX: 303-492-3352
Email: Anton.Andreev@Colorado.EDU
WWW: http://bly.colorado.edu/cml/aagroup.html
Address: Dept. of Physics
University of Colorado
Campus Box 390
Boulder, CO 80309




Kristi S. Anseth

Field: Chemical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Development of photo polymerization techniques for the production of advanced polymer materials.
Phone: 303-492-3147
FAX: 303-492-4341
Email: kristi.anseth@colorado.edu
WWW: http://www.colorado.edu/che/faculty/anseth.html
Address: Dept. of Chemical Engineering
University of Colorado
ECCH 128, Campus Box 424
Boulder, CO 80309




David Archer

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

I would like to know why atmospheric CO2 was lower during glacial time 20,000 years ago.
Phone: 773-702-0823
FAX: 773-702-9505
Email: d-archer@uchicago.edu
WWW: http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~archer/ARCHER/archer.html
Address: Dept. of Geophysical Science
University of Chicago
5734 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637




Sanjeev Arora

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems.
Phone: 609-258-3869
FAX: 609-258-1771
Email: arora@cs.princeton.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arora/
Address: Department of Computer Science
Princeton University
35 Olden Street
Princeton,NJ 08544-2087




Matthew P. Augustine

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Matthew Augustine researches improvement of the sensitivity and resolution of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of molecular structure. Nuclear magnetic resonance is used to help understand chemical reactions and cell functions on a molecular scale.
Phone: 530-754-7550
FAX: 530-752-8995
Email: augustine@chem.ucdavis.edu
WWW: http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu/people/augustine.shtml
Address: Chemistry Department
University of California, Davis
0126 Chemistry Bldg
Davis, CA 95616




Herwig Baier

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Exploration of the genetic underpinnings of behavior using zebra fish as a model.
Phone: 415-502-4301
FAX: 415-476-4929
Email: hbaier@itsa.ucsf.edu
WWW: http://www.ucsf.edu/pibs/faculty/baier.html
Address: Department of Physiology
University of California at San Francisco
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-762
San Francisco, CA 94143




Mihir Bellare

Field: Cryptography
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

Design and analysis of protocols for secure communication.
Phone: 858-534-4544
FAX: 858-534-7029
Email: mihir@cs.ucsd.edu
WWW: http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/mihir/
Address: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093




James M. Berger

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

The structural principles that underlie protein allostery and mediate protein-protein interactions.
Phone: 510-643-9483
FAX:
Email: jmberger@uclink4.berkeley.edu
WWW: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/BMB/bergerj.html
Address: Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California at Berkeley
229 Stanley Hall, 3206
Berkeley, CA 94720-3206




Sangeeta Bhatia

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Study of the structure/function relationship of the liver using microfabrication tools and development of biological micro-electro-mechanical systems.
Phone: 858-822-3142
FAX: 858-534-5722
Email: sbhatia@bioeng.ucsd.edu
WWW: http://www-bioeng.ucsd.edu/research_groups/mtel/
Address: Dept. of Bioengineering
University of California at San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0412




Kwabena A. Boahen

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Neuromorphic engineering, understanding and applying neurobiology by synthesizing integrated electronic circuits with similar functions and related structural correlates; the role of spike-based communication and network rewiring in such systems.
Phone: 215-573-4072
FAX: 215-573-2071
Email: kwabena@neuroengineering.upenn.edu
WWW: http://www.neuroengineering.upenn.edu/boahen/
Address: Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
305 Hayden Hall, 3320 Smith Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104




Dan Boneh

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Applied cryptography, and network security.
Phone: 650-725-3897
FAX: 650-725-4671
Email: dabo@cs.stanford.edu
WWW: http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/
Address: Computer Science Department
Stanford University
Gates 475
Stanford, CA 94305-9045




Nancy M. Bonini

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Genetic models of brain degeneration in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
Phone: 215-573-9267
FAX: 215-898-8780
Email: nbonini@sas.upenn.edu
WWW: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/biology/faculty/bonini/index.html
Address: Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
415 University Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018




Steven K. Burratto

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Optical and opto-electric properties of thin film materials.
Phone: 805-893-3393
FAX: 805-893-4120
Email: buratto@chem.ucsb.edu
WWW: http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/Faculty/FacultyPages/Buratto.html
Address: Department of Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,CA 93106-9510




Stephen E. Bradforth

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Femtosecond Spectroscopy; reaction dynamics in solution and in proteins
Phone: 213-740-0461
FAX: 213-740-3972
Email: bradfort@chem1.usc.edu
WWW: http://www.usc.edu/dept/chemistry/faculty/bradforth.htm
Address: Dept of Chemistry
University of Southern California
920 West 37th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089




Elizabeth Bradley

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

I am exploring two nontraditional approached to engineering design: the active use of chaos to achieve design goals in various electrical, mechanical, and chemical systems, and the construction of computer programs that reason about the analysis and design processes.
Phone: 303-492-5355
FAX: 303-492-2844
Email: lizb@cs.colorado.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lizb/Home.html
Address: Dept. of Computer Science
University of Colorado
Campus Box 430
Boulder, CO 80309-0430




Ronald R. Breaker

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Ronald Breaker works on the creation of enzymes that do not exist in nature. He is pioneering new techniques, including ``modular rational design'' and test-tube evolution, to create these enzymes, and perhaps to resurrect enzymes that have been extinct for nearly four billion years.
Phone: 203-432-9389
FAX: 203-432-3597
Email: ronald.breaker@yale.edu
WWW: http://www.biology.yale.edu/FacultyResearch/Breaker.html
Address: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Yale University
452 Kline Biology Tower
P.O. Box 208103
New Haven, CT 06520




Hui Cao

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Cavity quantum electrodynamics and coherent matter-wave "optics."
Phone: 847-467-5452
FAX: 847-491-9982
Email: h-cao@nwu.edu
WWW: http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/research/cao.html
Address: Dept of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112




Erick M. Carreira

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Our group is interested in the development of catalytic reaction processes for applications in the synthesis of biologically active compounds.
Phone: 626-395-6064
FAX: 626-564-9297
Email: emc@starbase1.caltech.edu
WWW: http://www.caltech.edu/~chemistry/Faculties/Carreira.html
Address: Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Insititute of Technology
Mail Code 164-30 CR
Pasadena, CA 91125




Sue Carter

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

Her research focuses on understanding the effects that disorder, electron correlations, magnetism, and structure have on metal-insulator transition materials. She uses a diverse array of techniques to study these systems, including optical spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and electrical transport.
Phone: 408-459-3657
FAX:  
Email: sacarter@cats.ucsc.edu
WWW: http://physics.ucsc.edu/people/personal/carter.html
Address: Dept. of Physics
University of California, Santa Cruz
277 Kerr Hall
Santa Cruz, CA 95064




Venkat Chandrasekhar

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Magnetic and transport properties of mesoscopic systems.
Phone: 708-491-3444
FAX: 708-491-9982
Email: v-chandrasekhar@nwu.edu
WWW: http://www.physics.nwu.edu/research/chandra.html
Address: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3112




Rey-Huei Chen

Field: Biochemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Rey-Huei Chen studies regulatory mechanisms of cell division. Her work focuses on the "checkpoint" mechanism which ensures that genetic information is transmitted accurately to both daughter cells when a cell divides. She investigates the checkpoint at molecular and biochemical levels.
Phone: 607-255-6542
FAX: 607-255-2428
Email: rc70@cornell.edu
WWW: http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/chen/chen.html
Address: Section of Biochemistry, Molecular, & Cell Biology
Cornell University
258 Biotechnology Building
Ithaca, NY 14853




Vincent Crespi

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Vincent Crespi researches novel properties of carbon nanostructures. His work involves innovative research directions in nanoscale materials physics, which he believes promise to be fruitful for basic science and potential applications. In particular, his study will explore hydrogen storage, global structural optimization in the design of new materials, and helium in carbon nanotube bundles.
Phone: 814-863-0163
FAX: 814-865-3604
WWW: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/crespi.html
Address: Department of Physics
Pennsylvania State University
104 Davey Lab
University Park, PA 16802-6300




Christopher C. Cummins

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Inorganic radical chemistry. Activation of small molecules including dinitrogen and the nitrogen oxides. Development of new synthetic methods for inorganic chemistry.
Phone: 617-253-5332
FAX: 617-258-6989
Email: ccummins@mit.edu
WWW: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/cummins.html
Address: Dept. of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Room 2-227
Cambridge, MA 02139




Jason Cyster

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Jason Cyster studies molecular mechanisms of lymphoid tissue patterning. "Lymphoid tissues play a central role in immunity," he says. Lymphoid tissues promote encounters between antigen, antigen presenting cells, and rare antigen-specific lymphocytes.
Phone: 415-502-6427
FAX: 415-476-0939
Email: cyster@itsa.ucsf.edu
WWW: http://itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Emicro/immunology/faculty/Cyster.htm
Address: Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
University of California at San Francisco
Box 0414, HSE 301
San Francisco, CA 94143




Hongjie Dai

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Solid state and soft biological materials that have well-defined atomic structures.
Phone: 650-723-4518
FAX: 650-725-0259
Email: hdai@chem.stanford.edu
WWW: http://www-chem.stanford.edu/faculty/dai/
Address: Dept of Chemistry
Stanford University
Seeley G. Mudd Building
Stanford, CA 94305-508




Marcos Dantus

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Time resolved measurements of chemical reaction dynamics.
Phone: 517-355-9715
FAX: 517-353-1793
Email: dantus@cemvax.cem.msu.edu
WWW: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~dantus/
Address: Dept. of Chemistry
Michigan State University
58 Chemistry Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1322




David P. DeMille

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Search for the electric dipole moment of the electron and ultracold polar molecules for precision measurements.
Phone: 203-432-3833
FAX: 203-432-6175
Email: david.demille@yale.edu
WWW: http://amo.physics.yale.edu/demillegroup/Default.htm
Address: Dept of Physics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208120
New Haven, Connecticut 06520




Christopher J. Diorio

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Christopher Diorio builds integrated circuits modeled after neurobiology. He has developed single-transistor devices, called synapse transistors, that mimic the local synaptic adaptation (plasticity) seen in nervous tissue. He is investigating local learning in arrays of silicon synapse transistors, both to understand how biology might use adaptation on a large scale, and also to investigate how engineers might build smart silicon machines.
Phone: 206-543-7165
FAX: 206-543-2969
Email: diorio@cs.washington.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/diorio/
Address: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Box 352350, 114 Sieg Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-2350




Jennifer Doudna

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

We are exploring the structural basis for RNA catalysis using a combination of X-ray crystallography and biochemistry. Current projects include self-splicing introns, the hepatitis delta virus ribozyme and RNA and protein transport complexes.
Phone: 203-432-3108
FAX: 203-432-3104
Email: doudna@csb.yale.edu
WWW: http://www.csb.yale.edu/people/doudna/doudna_people.html
Address: Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Yale University
266 Whitney Ave.
332 New Haven, CT 06520-8114




Thomas S. Duffy

Field: Geology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding the large-scale behavior of planetary interiors through direct examination of the properties of materials under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.
Phone: 609-258-6769
FAX: 609-258-1274
Email: duffy@princeton.edu
WWW: http://geoweb.princeton.edu/faculty/Duffy/duffy_r.html
Address: Dept of Geosciences
Princeton University
218 Guyot Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544




Georgi Dvali

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Theoretical particle physics.
Phone: 212-998-7727
FAX: 212-995-4016
Email: Dvali@physics.nyu.edu
WWW: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/people/dvali.georgi.html
Address: Dept of Physics
New York University
4 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003




Chang-Beom Eom

Field: Materials Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

The growth of epitaxial thin film heterostructures of various oxide materials such as high Tc superconductors, ferroelectrics, magnetic materials; and the nanostructure fabrication of novel materials.
Phone: 919-660-5329
FAX: 919-660-5164
Email: eom@acpub.duke.edu
WWW: http://www.duke.edu/~eom/intro.html
Address: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Duke University
221A Hudson Hall
Box 90300
Durham, NC 27708-0300




Alex Eskin

Field: Mathematics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Mathematical properties of random motions.
Phone: 773-702-7380
FAX: 773-702-9787
Email: eskin@math.uchicago.edu
WWW: http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~eskin/
Address: Department of Mathematics
University of Chicago
5734 University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1514




Kenneth Farley

Field: Geochemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

Use of noble gases as tracers of earth processes, including planetary and atmosphere evolution, mountain range uplift, and extraterrestrial influx.
Phone: 626-395-6005
FAX: 626-568-0935
Email: farley@gps.caltech.edu
WWW: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/faculty/farley/farley.html
Address: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology
1201 E. California Boulevard
(Mail Stop 170-25)
Pasadena, CA 91125




Cary B. Forest

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Cary Forest researches the principles of magnetohydrodynamics. He is building an experiment to study components of the dynamo theory. The Earth and other planets, the 1 and other stars, pulsars and perhaps even the entire galaxy have magnetic fields that are explained by the dynamo effect, a process by which electrical currents are generated by turbulent motion of conducting fluids or plasma. Forest's experiment will investigate and attack components of this theory.
Phone: 608-263-0486
FAX: 608-262-3077
Email: cbforest@facstaff.wisc.edu
WWW: http://aida.physics.wisc.edu/
Address: Physics Department
University of Wisconsin at Madison
3277 Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706




C. Daniel Frisbie

Field: Chemical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Molecular single electron transistors and characterization by mesoscopic probes of organic electronic materials.
Phone: 612-625-0779
FAX: 612-626-7246
Email: frisbie@cems.umn.edu
WWW: http://www.cems.umn.edu/people/faculty/frisbie.html
Address: Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota
151 Amundson Hall
421 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455




Edward Frenkel

Field: Mathematics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Representation theory, quantum field theory, integrable systems, and interrelations between them.
Phone: 510-643-9216
FAX: 510-642-8204
Email: frenkel@math.berkeley.edu
WWW: http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~frenkel/
Address: Dept. of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720




Andrea Ghez

Field: Astronomy
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

High spatial resolution investigations of star formation and the environs of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Phone: 310-206-0420
FAX: 310-206-2096
Email: ghez@astro.ucla.edu
WWW: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/faculty/ghez.htm
Address: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Los Angeles
Box 951562
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562




Gregory Gibson

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

We are studying the association between molecular variation in genes, and variation in the ways organisms appear, in particular in relation to wing shape and behavioral traits in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Phone: 919-513-2512
FAX: 919-515-3355
Email: ggibson@unity.ncsu.edu
WWW: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/gibson/gibson.html
Address: Dept. of Genetics
North Carolina State University
Gardner Hall
Room 3606
Raleigh, NC 27695-7614




Rachel Green

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Rachel Green's work delves into the molecular mechanisms of RNA catalysis. She has already made contributions to the problem of understanding how RNA functions as a catalyst. This problem is meaningful in biology, as it seems likely that early in the evolution of life on this planet, RNA functioned not only as the repository of genetic information, but also as the primary catalytic molecule for such basic reactions as self-replication.
Phone: 410-955-4922
FAX: 410-502-6718
Email: ragreen@jhmi.edu
WWW: http://www.med.jhu.edu/bcmb/faculty/green.html
Address: Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University
JHU School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe St, 523 PCTB
Baltimore, MD 21205




Robert D. Grober

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Near-field optical scanning microscopy with applications to optical imaging of DNA.
Phone: 203-432-9653
FAX: 203-432-4283
Email: robert.grober@yale.edu
WWW: http://www.eng.yale.edu/faculty/vita/grober.html
Address: Department of Applied Physics
Yale University
Becton Engineering Center
15 Prospect Street
P.O. Box 208284
New Haven, CT 06520-8284




Miriam S. Hasson

Field: Biochemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Protein crystallography and molecular genetics; signal transduction; enzyme mechanisms.
Phone: 765-496-2928
FAX:
Email: mhasson@bragg.bio.purdue.edu
WWW: http://www.bio.purdue.edu/Bioweb/people/faculty/Hasson.html
Address: Dept of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
1392 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1392




Martin Head-Gordon

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Electronic structure theory, algorithms and applications for ground and excited stats of molecules. Nonadiabatic transitions and energy transfer in molecules and at metal surfaces.
Phone: 510-642-5957
FAX: 510-643-1255
Email: mhg@cchem.berkeley.edu
WWW: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~mhggrp/
Address: Dept. of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
215 Hildebrand Hall, MC 1460
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460




Daniel Herschlag

Field: Biochemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Our research centers around the critical feature of biological systems, enzymatic catalysis. We are taking this problem in two directions: toward deriving a fundamental understanding of the chemical and physical principles that underlie enzymatic catalysis and toward understanding how these principles are utilized to produce complex biological processes.
Phone: 650-723-9442
FAX: 650-723-6783
Email: herschla@cmgm.stanford.edu
WWW: http://cmgm.stanford.edu/biochem/herschlag.html
Address: Dept. of Biochemistry
Stanford University
Beckman Center, B471
Stanford, CA 94305-5307




Phillip Ihinger

Field: Geology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

My research explores the fundamental properties of silicate liquids and considers their relationship to the evolution of magmas with the earth. Additionally, I am pursuing the relationship of hot spot volcanism to plate tectonics, mantle convection, and the chemical structure of the mantle.
Phone: 203-432-3132
FAX: 203-432-3134
Email: phil_ihinger@qm.yale.edu
WWW: http://love.geology.yale.edu/kgl/People/Professors/ihinger.html
Address: Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Yale University
P.O.Box 208-109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109




Atac Imamoglu

Field: Electrical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

I work on single-photon nonlinear optics and quantum coherence in semiconductor nanostructures.
Phone: 805-893-7277
FAX: 805-893-3262
Email: atac@ece.ucsb.edu
WWW: http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/Imamoglu/default.html
Address: Dept. of Electrical and Computing Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106




David Jonas

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

Application and development of methods to observe nuclear and electronic motions during chemical reactions.
Phone: 303-492-3818
FAX: 303-492-5894
Email: jonasd@stripe.colorado.edu
WWW: http://www.Colorado.EDU/Chemistry/grad/faculty/Jonas/Jonas.html
Address: Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 215
Boulder, CO 80309-0215




Robert R. Jones

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

My students and I use electromagnetic pulses with extremely short durations to investigate the evolution of electronic wave functions in atoms during and subsequent to irradiation by strong electromagnetic fields.
Phone: 804-924-3088
FAX: 804-924-4576
Email: rrj3c@virginia.edu
WWW: http://www.phys.virginia.edu/People/personal.asp?uID=rrj3c
Address: Dept. of Physics
University of Virginia
McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22901




Woowon Kang

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Study of electronic correlation effects in low dimensional semiconductor systems; synthesis and characterization of organic superconductors.
Phone: 773-702-5244
FAX: 773-702-4735
Email: wkang@rainbow.uchicago.edu
WWW: http://rainbow.uchicago.edu:80/~wkang/
Address: Dept. of Physics
University of Chicago
James Franck Institute
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637




David R. Karger

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Randomized algorithms for optimization problems on graphs.
Phone: 617-258-6167
FAX: 617-253-3480
Email: karger@lcs.mit.edu
WWW: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~karger/
Address: Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room NE43-322
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139




Bernhard Keimer

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

X -ray and neutron scattering investigations of the structure and dynamics of correlated electronic materials.
Phone: 609-258-1537
FAX: 609-258-1124
Email: keimer@pupgg.princeton.edu
WWW: http://pupgg.princeton.edu/www/jh/research/Keimer_Bernhard.htmlx
Address: Dept. of Physics
Princeton University
Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544




Wolfgang Ketterle

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

My research focuses on the study of atomic matter at ultralow temperature (microkelvin and below). At such temperatures, the atoms behave as matter waves and not as classical particles. Novel phenomena include Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute gas, and the atom laser, an intense source of coherent matter waves.
Phone: 617-253-6815
FAX: 617-253-4876
Email: ketterle@mit.edu
WWW: http://rleweb.mit.edu/p-KETT.HTM
Address: Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Rm. 25-243
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambride, MA 02139




Jon Kleinberg

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

My research is concerned with algorithms that exploit the combinatorial structure of networks and information.
Phone: 607-255-3600
FAX: 607-255-9555
Email: kleinber@cs.cornell.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/
Address: Dept of Computer Science
Cornell University
5134 Upson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853




Barbara Kunkel

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

I use a molecular genetic approach to study interactions between plant pathogenic bacteria and their plant hosts. I am currently focusing on pathogenesis and disease resistance.
Phone: 314-935-7284
FAX: 314-935-4432
Email: kunkel@biology.wustl.edu
WWW: http://biosgi.wustl.edu/faculty/kunkel.html
Address: Dept. of Biology
Washington University
Campus Box 1137
1 Brookings Dr.
St Louis, MO 63130-4899




Jeffrey G. Lawrence

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Evolution of coenzyme metabolic pathways in enteric bacteria.
Phone: 412-624-4204
FAX: 412-624-4759
Email: jlawrenc@vms.cis.pitt.edu
WWW: http://www.pitt.edu/~biology/faculty/lawrence.html
Address: Department of Biological Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
A234 Langley Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260




Ka Yee C. Lee

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Carry out fundamental studies on the interactions between lipids and proteins to gain insights into the biophysical aspects of Respiratory Distress Syndrome & Alzheimers Disease.
Phone: 773-702-7068
FAX: 773-702-0805
Email: kayeelee@rainbow.uchicago.edu
WWW: http://rainbow.uchicago.edu/chemistry/fac/lee.html
Address: Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
5735 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637




Thomas H. Lee

Field: Electrical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Design of CMOS radio frequency integrated circuits.
Phone: 650-725-3709
FAX:  
Email: tomlee@ee.stanford.edu
WWW: http://www-smirc.stanford.edu/
Address: Center for Integrated Systems
Stanford University
420 Via Palou Mall, CIS-205
Stanford, CA 94305-4070




Wendell A. Lim

Field: Biochemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Proteins that regulate cell morphology and motility.
Phone: 415-502-8080
FAX: 415-502-8644
Email: w_lim024708@ucsf.edu
WWW: http://msg.ucsf.edu/~lim/NewFiles/Peoplepages/Wendell.html
Address: Department of Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
Box 0450 HSE 2
San Francisco, CA 94143




Haifan Lin

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

Stem cell division and germline development in Drosophila and mammalian systems.
Phone: 919-684-3169
FAX: 919-684-5481
Email: h.lin@cellbio.duke.edu
WWW: http://note.cellbio.duke.edu/Faculty/Research/Lin
Address: Dept. of Cell Biology
Duke University
412 Nanaline Duke Building
DUMC Box 3709
Durham, NC 27710




Manyuan Long

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Manyuan Long studies young genes, the origin and evolution of gene structure, and the rate of new gene evolution. He taps into sophisticated computer software to study and compare thousands of genes at a time. He believes that new genes arise through the shuffling and mixing of existing genes or gene fragments.
Phone: 773-702-0557
FAX: 773-702-8740
Email: mlong@midway.uchicago.edu
WWW: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/faculty/long_m.html
Address: Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
Erman 105A
5801 South Ellis
Chicago, IL 60637




Steven R. Majewski

Field: Astronomy
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

The contribution of Galactic cannibalism events to the formation of Milky Way halo.
Phone: 804-924-4893
FAX: 804-924-3104
Email: srm4n@didjeridu.astro.virginia.edu
WWW: http://www.astro.Virginia.EDU/~srm4n/
Address: Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
PO Box 3818
Charlottesville, VA 22903




Juan Maldacena

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Juan Maldacena studies string theory and black holes. He focuses on the description of black holes in string theory. He is interested in calculating the entropy of black holes.
Phone: 617-496-8188
FAX: 617-495-0416
Email: maldacena@physics.harvard.edu
WWW: http://www.physics.harvard.edu/fac_staff/maldacena.html
Address: Physics Dept.
Harvard University
Lyman 334
Cambridge, MA 02138




Gregory B. Martin

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

Molecular, biochemical, and genomics approaches to pathogen recognition, signal transduction, and defense responses involved in plant disease resistance.
Phone: 607-254-1208
FAX: 607-255-6695
Email: gbm7@cornell.edu
WWW: http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/ppath/FacultyInfo/Martin.html
Address: Boyce Thompson Institute
Cornell University
Tower Road
Ithaca, NY 14853-1801




Todd J. Martinez

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Theoretical chemistry with particular emphasis on electronic structure and molecular dynamics.
Phone: 217-333-1449
FAX: 217-244-3186
Email: tjm@spawn.scs.uiuc.edu
WWW: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/chem/gmartin.htm
Address: Dept of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
109 Coble Hall
801 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801




James P. Morken

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

James Morken studies combinatorial experiments to develop new catalysts. A premise behind Morken's work is that catalytic chemical transformations offer significant practical advantages over non-catalyzed reaction pathways. He describes catalytic reactions as more environmentally friendly, more economical, and operationally safer than non-catalytic processes.
Phone: 919-962-8229
FAX: 919-962-2388
Email: morken@unc.edu
WWW: http://www.unc.edu/depts/chemistry/faculty/jpm/cfjpm01.html
Address: Dept. of Chemistry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
CB#3290, Venable and Kenan Laboratories
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290




SonBinh T. Nguyen

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Synthesis of catalysts for heterocyclic organic intermediates.
Phone: 487-467-3347
FAX: 847-491-7713
Email: stn@chem.nwu.edu
WWW: http://www.chem.nwu.edu/brochure/nguyen.html
Address: Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3113




Ken Ono

Field: Mathematics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Algebra and Number Theory
Phone: 608-263-3054
FAX: 608-263-8891
Email: ono@math.wisc.edu
WWW: http://kleene.math.wisc.edu/~ono/
Address: Department of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Van Vleck Hall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706




H. Allen Orr

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

I study the genetics of adaptation. I am particularly interested in determining how often "major genes" play a role in adaptation. I study several model systems, including the genetic basis of resistance to wasp parasitism in Drosophila.
Phone: 716-275-3838
FAX: 716-275-2070
Email: aorr@mail.rochester.edu
WWW: http://www.rochester.edu/College/BIO/ORRLAB/TALENPAGE.HTML
Address: Dept. of Biology
University of Rochester
319 Hutchinson Hall
Rochester, NY 14627




Fernando G. Paganini

Field: Electrical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

Robust control, distributed control of actuator & sensor arrays, distributed networks.
Phone: 310-206-1426
FAX: 310-206-4685
Email: paganini@ee.ucla.edu
WWW: http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty/Paganini.html
Address: Dept of Electrical Engineering
University of California at Los Angeles
66-147F Engineering IV Building
Box 951594
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594




Bjorn Poonen

Field: Mathematics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

Bjorn Poonen researches number theory and arithmetic geometry. He states that there is a wide gap between theory and practice in the disciplines of number theory and arithmetic geometry. A common thread in his work is to take ideas that previously have been useful in theory, and to transform them into methods that can be used to solve down-to-earth problems. For example, in the past, he has proved results on random packing, with applications to communications networks.
Phone: 510-642-5229
FAX: 510-642-8204
Email: poonen@math.berkeley.edu
WWW: http://math.berkeley.edu/~poonen/
Address: Mathematics Dept.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3840




Daphne K. Preuss

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

Molecular mechanisms of chromosome separation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Phone: 773-702-1605
FAX: 773-702-9270
Email: dpreuss@midway.uchicago.edu
WWW: http://searle.bio.jhu.edu/people/preuss.html
Address: Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
University of Chicago
1103 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637