The U.S. National Science Foundation announced the winners of this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, which the agency describes as the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers.
According to the NSF release, Tierney’s research has “redefined the understanding of global temperature changes in the geologic past and developed a new quantitative understanding of temperature and climate sensitivity to past levels of carbon dioxide.
Thompson is recognized for her research in rehabilitation engineering, specifically for translating her findings on vestibular disorders in primates into interventions for individuals with balance, gait and postural impairments. She “investigates various assistive technologies and robotics aimed towards improving balance in elderly individuals and survivors of stroke, as well as how such technologies can increase balance confidence and reduce the risk of falling for these groups of individuals.
Larremore explores the ways that mathematical models can support scientific discovery and policy, specifically how math can be used to track and understand the spread of human diseases. According to the NSF release, Larremore recently used computational epidemiology to answer urgent questions about the Covid-19 pandemic, such as: “How should the first doses of a scarce vaccine be targeted to minimize deaths or infections? What role could widely available rapid testing play in mitigating viral transmission prior to the arrival of vaccines?”"It is a great pleasure to honor these three outstanding scientists with the Waterman Award," said NSF Director Sethuraman...
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