Three Boston University Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
Study in US: Boston University researchers have been awarded the White House’s presidential award for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers.
The US government bestowed the highest honour for scientists and engineers to three researchers at Boston University. These three researchers include Zeba Wunderlich, Michelle Sander, and Elizabeth Bettini. These researchers have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for their work related to genes, DNA, lasers and special education.
Wunderlich, a BU College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of biology commented, “It is an enormous honor to be part of this fantastic group of scientists and engineers, and I am quite humbled by the recognition. It’s a great privilege to be able to carry out research on the topics I find exciting while training the next generation of scientists in the lab and classroom.”
“The ultimate goal of our research, which is one shared by many in the field, is to be able to better read parts of the genome that are less well understood. Being able to predict why certain mutations or variations in DNA lead to differences between individuals or developmental disease will allow us to understand better how DNA, composed of just four ‘letters,’ encodes the incredible complexity of the whole organism," added Wunderlich.
These awards were confirmed by former US President Joe Biden with a White House statement, "show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers.”
Bettini, a BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development associate professor of special education said, “I try to understand why there are substantial and persistent inequities in students’ access to skilled, well-supported teachers, based on students’ disability, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. I also aim to understand potential policy and practice solutions to eliminate those inequities over time.”
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“We develop novel lasers with ultrashort pulses of tens to hundreds of femtosecond duration. One can think of these pulses as bursts of light like in a camera flash, except much faster, since a femtosecond is a millionth of a billionth of a second," said Sander.
She is Ultrafast Optics Laboratory head at BU and a member of the University’s centers for photonics and for neurophotonics.
She wants to design photothermal imaging systems that go “beyond commercially available state-of-the-art technology toward super-resolution."
"The efforts can be applied to fuel new discoveries in many fields, from looking at cells and tissues for human health, to studying materials or contamination monitoring. We are excited to use our optical systems to tackle a variety of scientific challenges across interdisciplinary areas,” she added.
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