Raymond Ashoori

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1993

Research Interests

sing ultra-sensitive electrometry, we direct the motion of single electrons in a solid. These measurements allow us to perform a very high-resolution spectroscopy of discrete quantum energy levels.

Phone:	617-253-5585
FAX:	617-258-6883
Email:	ashoori@mit.edu
WWW:	http://rleweb.mit.edu/rlestaff/p-asho.htm
Address:	Physics Dept. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Rm. 13-2053 Cambridge, MA 02139

Moungi G. Bawendi

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1991

Research Interests

hemistry and physics of semiconductor nanocrystallites: synthesis, manipulation, and optical properties.

Phone:	617-253-9796
FAX:	617-253-7030
Email:	mgb@mit.edu
WWW:	http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/bawendi.html
Address:	Dept. of Chemistry, Rm. 2-227 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

Christopher C. Cummins

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

norganic 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

Jacqueline N. Hewitt

Field: Astrophysics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1990

Research Interests

pplying techniques of radio astronomy, intrerferomtry, and signal processing to problems in astrophysics. Current topics are gravitational lensing and the detection of astronomical radio transients.

Phone:	617-253-3071
FAX:	617-258-7864
Email:	jhewitt@mit.edu
WWW:	http://rleweb.mit.edu/rlestaff/p-hewicv.HTM
Address:	Dept. of Physics, Rm. 26-327 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

David R. Karger

Field: Computer Science
Packard Fellowship award year: 1997

Research Interests

andomized 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

Wolfgang Ketterle

Field: Physics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1996

Research Interests

y 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

H. Sebastian Seung

Field: Biology
Packard Fellowship award year: 1999

Research Interests

heories of Learning and Memory

Phone:	617-252-1693
FAX:
Email:	seung@mit.edu
WWW:	http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/b/bcs/seung.html
Address:	Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building E-25, Room 210 Carleton Street Cambridge, MA 02139

Robert D. Van der Hilst

Field: Geophysics
Packard Fellowship award year: 1998

Research Interests

obert Van der Hilst is conducting research into the structure of the Earth's mantle. The study of the Earth's deep interior is typically based on inferences from seismic waves excited by earthquakes. Van der Hilst's efforts are designed to extract structural information from a range of wave types recorded in seismograms, to study large scale geodynamical processes in the Earth's interior.

Phone:	(617) 253-6977
FAX:
Email:	hilst@mit.edu
WWW:	http://www-eaps.mit.edu/faculty/vanderhilst.htm
Address:	Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139

Scott C. Virgil

Field: Chemistry
Packard Fellowship award year: 1992

Research Interests

evelopment of methods and strategies for the synthesis of natural products. Specific application of photochemical, thermal, and enzyme-mediated cyclization reactions with control of stereochemistry.

Phone:	617-253-1844
FAX:	617-258-7500
Email:	virgil@mit.edu
WWW:	http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/virgil.html
Address:	Dept. of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-298 Cambridge, MA 02139

Jackie Y. Ying

Field: Chemical Engineering
Packard Fellowship award year: 1995

Research Interests

y research interests include synthesis of advanced inorganic structures for catalytic, membrane, and ceramic applications. My laboratory is devoted to the processing of novel nanocrystalline and nanoporous materials, and the engineering of surface reactivity, microstructure, and thermal stability of these systems towards the efficient use of energy and resources, and the control and prevention of environmental pollution.

Phone:	617-253-2899
FAX:	617-258-5766
Email:	jyying@mit.edu
WWW:	http://web.mit.edu/nano/www/ying.html
Address:	Dept. of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 023139-4307