Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists was established in 2007 through a partnership between the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by Leonard Blavatnik (Russian: Леонид Валентинович Блаватник), chairman of Access Industries, and the New York Academy of Sciences, headed by president Nicholas Dirks.

Blavatnik and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Israeli winners of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, February 2018

These cash grant awards are given annually to selected faculty and postdoctoral researchers age 42 years and younger who work in the life and physical sciences and engineering at institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The first Blavatnik Awards were given in New York City on Monday, November 12, 2007. On June 3, 2013, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences announced the expansion of the faculty competition to include young scientists from institutions throughout the United States. In April 2017, the Blavatnik Awards program was expanded to the United Kingdom (UK) and Israel.[1] By the end of 2022, the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists will have awarded prizes totaling US$13.6 million; Blavatnik Award recipients have hailed from 48 countries across six continents.[2]

  • Blavatnik National Awards are for faculty-rank scientists and engineers in Chemistry, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Life Sciences.
  • Blavatnik Regional Awards are for postdoctoral scientists working in the fields of Chemistry, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Life Sciences in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
  • Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom are for young, faculty-rank scientists and engineers from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England.
  • Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel are for young faculty-rank scientists and engineers early in their independent research careers.

U.S. Regional Postdoctoral Competition

The regional program recognizes postdoctoral researchers working at institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The regional program accepts nominations for scientists working in the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Nominations are accepted from institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Submissions for the regional program are reviewed by a Judging Panel of senior scientists, science editors, and past Blavatnik winners from the Mid-Atlantic area. As of 2013, winners of the postdoctoral competition receive US$30,000 and finalists receive US$10,000, each in unrestricted cash prizes.

Past U.S. Regional Winners and Finalists

YearWinnersFinalists
2007Leon Bottou, NEC Labs America, Computer Science

George Malliaras, Cornell University, Nanotechnology

Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale University, Immunology

Milan Stojanovic, Columbia University, Biotechnology

Leslie Vosshall, The Rockefeller University, Behavioral Science

Antje Baeumner, Cornell University, Environmental Engineering

Christoph Bregler, New York University, Computer Science

Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University, Organic Chemistry

Antonio Giraldez, Yale University, Developmental Biology

Tarun Kapoor, Rockefeller University, Cell Biology

Scott N. Keeney, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Biology

Philip Kim, Columbia University, Condensed Matter Physics

Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University, Organic Chemistry

Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University, Green Chemistry

2008Andrey Pisarev, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Steven Gubser, Princeton University, Nuclear & Particle Physics

Andrew Houck, Princeton University, Electrical Engineering

Laura Landweber, Princeton University, Evolutionary Biology

Thomas Muir, The Rockefeller University, Biochemistry

Alexei Aravin, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Developmental Biology

Matthew Evans, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Microbiology

Valerie Horsley, Yale University, Developmental Biology

Andreas Keller, The Rockefeller University, Neuroscience

Shobha Vasudevan, Harvard University, Cell & Molecular Biology

Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester, Cognitive Neuroscience

Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University, Organic Chemistry

Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Yale University, Cell & Molecular Biology

Eric Lai, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Developmental Biology

Ken Shepard, Columbia University, Electrical Engineering

Saeed Tavazoie, Columbia University, Genetics & Genomics

2009Sreekanth Chalasani, The Rockefeller University, Behavioral Science

Paul Chirik, Cornell University, Chemical Biology

Ofer Feinerman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Computational Biology

Carmala Garzione, University of Rochester, Geology

Rebecca Oppenheimer, American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysics

Eva Pastalkova, Rutgers University, Neuroscience

Alexander Pechen, Princeton University, Theoretical Physics

Shai Shaham, The Rockefeller University, Developmental Biology

Tamas Horvath, Yale University, Molecular Neuroscience

Lam Hui, Columbia University, Astrophysics

Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, Geology

Denis Zorin, New York University, Computer Science

2010Zoltan Haiman, Columbia University, Astronomy

Yaron Lipman, Princeton University, Computer Science

Michal Lipson, Cornell University, Nanotechnology

Haitao Liu, Columbia University, Nanotechnology

Evgeny Nudler, New York University, Biochemistry

Daniela Schiller, New York University, Behavioral Science

Song-Hai Shi, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Neuroscience

Nicolas Reyes, Institut Pasteur, Physiology & Biophysics

Agnel Sfeir, New York University, Cell Biology

Elza Erkip, Polytechnic University of NYU, Electrical Engineering

David Evans, Yale University, Geology & Geophysics

Neal Weiner, New York University, Particle Physics

2011Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, Computer Science

Szabolcs Marka, Columbia University, Astrophysics

Frank Oury, Columbia University, Physiology

Valentino Tosatti, Columbia University, Mathematics

Roberto Bonasio, New York University, Biochemistry

Mary Kay Lobo, University of Maryland, Cellular Neuroscience

Shaun Olsen, Medical University of South Carolina, Structural Biology

Ruth Van de Water, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nuclear & Particle Physics

Robert Anderson, City College CUNY, Ecology

Charalampos Kalodimos, Rutgers University, Structural Biology

Jun Korenaga, Yale University, Geology

Olga Troyanskaya, Princeton University, Computational Biology

Gerard Wysocki, Princeton University, Electrical Engineering

2012B. Andrei Bernevig, Princeton University, Particle Physics

Andrey Feklistov, The Rockefeller University, Structural Biology

Jason Fridley, Syracuse University, Ecology

Alison Galvani, Yale University, Epidemiology[3]

Michael Hahn, Columbia University, Astronomy

Robert Johnston, New York University, Developmental Biology

Assaf Naor, New York University, Computer Science

Elisa Oricchio, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Clinical Medicine

Nicholas Stavropoulos, The Rockefeller University, Neuroscience

Michael Collins, Columbia University, Computer Science

Wei Min, Columbia University, Physical Chemistry

2013David Blei, Princeton University, Computer Science

Jonathan Fisher, The Rockefeller University, Behavioral Science[4]

Kristjan Haule, Rutgers University, Condensed Matter Physics

Patrick Holland, University of Rochester, Inorganic Chemistry[5]

Samie Jaffrey, Weill Cornell Medical College, Chemical Biology[6]

Frans Pretorius, Princeton University, Astrophysics

Rachel Rosen, Columbia University, Astrophysics

Bi-Sen Ding, Weill Cornell Medicine, Physiology

Emily Hodges, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Genetics & Genomics

Mariangela Lisanti, Princeton University, Nuclear & Particle Physics

Jason MacGurn, Vanderbilt University, Cell Biology

Xiankai Sun, Yale University, Electrical Engineering

2014Clément Hongler, Columbia University, Applied Mathematics

Jeremy Palmer, Princeton University, Chemical Engineering

Panteleimon Rompolas, Yale University, Developmental Biology

Stephen Brohawn, The Rockefeller University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Dilek Colak, Weill Cornell Medicind, Neuroscience

Nathaniel Craig, Rutgers University, Theoretical Physics

Knut Drescher, Princeton University, Immunology & Microbiology

Xiaowei Hou, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Jérémie Palacci, New York University, Condensed Matter Physics

2015Hani Goodarzi, The Rockefeller University, Genetics & Genomics

Arash Nikoubashman, Princeton University, Chemical Engineering

Nicolás Young, Columbia University, Geology & Geophysics

Allyson Friedman, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Neuroscience

Ziv Shulman, Rockefeller University, Immunology & Microbiology

Xiang Gao, Yale University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Jinzhong Lin, Yale University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Yang Liu, Princeton University, Electrical Engineering

Dennis Perepelitsa, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nuclear & Particle Physics

2016William Anderegg, Princeton University, Ecology

Tomoyasu Mani, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physical Chemistry

Jian Li, Princeton University, Condensed Matter Physics

Kate Meyer, Weill Cornell Medical College, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Rachel Perry, Yale University, Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology

Matthieu Gagnon, Yale University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Kuang Yu, Princeton University, Theoretical Chemistry

Xi Chen, Columbia University, Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Eli Visbal, Astrophysics & Cosmology

2017[7]Chao Lu, The Rockefeller University, Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics

Andrew Ilott, New York University, Physical Chemistry

June Huh, Institute for Advanced Study, Mathematics

Ataman Sendoel , The Rockefeller University, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Eunyong Park, The Rockefeller University, Biophysics and Structural Biology

Alan Healy, Yale University, Chemical Biology

Wilhelm Palm, Memorial Sloane Kettering, Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Douglas Stanford, Institute for Advanced Study, Theoretical Physics

Chia Wei (Wade) Hsu, Yale University, Condensed Matter Physics

2018 Shruti Naik, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University (now at NYU School of Medicine)

Lingyan Shi, PhD, nominated by Columbia University (now at the University of California, San Diego)

Lu Wei, PhD, nominated by Columbia University (now at Caltech)

Samuel Bakhoum, MD, PhD, nominated by Weill Cornell Medicine (now at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Life Sciences

Zhe Zhang, PhD, The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Lucia Gualtieri, PhD, Princeton University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Peter Schauss, PhD, nominated by Princeton University (now at the University of Virginia), Physical Sciences & Engineering

Niankai Fu, PhD, Cornell University, Chemistry

Priyanka Sharma, PhD, Stony Brook University, Chemistry

2019 Laura Duvall, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University (now at Columbia University)

Netta Engelhardt, PhD, nominated by Princeton University (now at Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Juntao Ye, PhD, nominated by Cornell University (now at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China)

Carla Nasca, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Liling Wan, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University (now at the University of Pennsylvania), Life Sciences

Derya Akkaynak, PhD, nominated by Princeton University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Matthew Yankowitz, PhD, nominated by Columbia University (now at the University of Washington), Physical Sciences & Engineering

Yaping Zang, PhD, nominated by Columbia University, Chemistry

Igor Dikiy, PhD, nominated by the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY, Chemistry

2020 Antonio Fernández-Ruiz, PhD, nominated by New York University

Adrian Price-Whelan, PhD, nominated by Flatiron Institute

Ning Jia, PhD, nominated by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Amelia Escolano, PhD , nominated by The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Marc Schneeberger Pané, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Zahra Abdollahnejad, PhD , nominated by University of Connecticut, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Shruti Puri, PhD, nominated by Yale University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Xianwen Mao, PhD , nominated by Cornell University, Chemistry

Yifei Zhang, PhD , nominated by Columbia University, Chemistry

2021 Direna Alonso Curbelo, PhD, nominated by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Life Sciences

Chenhao Jin, PhD, nominated by Cornell University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Daniel Straus, PhD, nominated by Princeton University, Chemistry

Wenyan Jiang, PhD, nominated by Columbia University, Life Sciences

Luka Mesin, PhD, nominated by The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Irina Petrushina, PhD, nominated by Stony Brook University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Maxim Shcherbakov, PhD, nominated by Cornell University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Erik Henning Thiede, PhD, nominated by Flatiron Institute, Chemistry

Xiaoming Zhao, PhD, nominated by Princeton University, Chemistry

U.S. National Faculty Competition

Beginning with the 2014 awards cycle, the national faculty competition accepts nominations for scientists working in three disciplinary categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.[8] Nominations are accepted from institutions throughout the United States. Members of the Awards’ Scientific Advisory Council may also submit nominations. Submissions are reviewed by a Judging Panel of senior scientists and past Blavatnik Awards winners. The awards are conferred annually with one winner (“Laureate”) from each disciplinary category selected each year (for a total of three Laureates per year). Each Laureate will receive a US$250,000 unrestricted cash prize and is honored at a ceremony in New York City every fall.

Past U.S. National Laureates and Finalists

YearLaureatesFinalists
2021[9][10]

Kay M. Tye, Professor, Systems Neuroscience Laboratory Wylie Vale Chair, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Mircea Dincă, W. M. Keck Professor of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Andrea Alù, Einstein Professor of Physics, Founding Director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, the City University of New York

Viviana Gradinaru, California Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Sun Hur, Boston Children's Hospital, Life Sciences

Stanley Qi, Stanford University, Life Sciences

Peter James Turnbaugh, University of California, San Francisco, Life Sciences

Mikhail G. Shapiro, California Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Michael Fischbach, Stanford University, Life Sciences

Kay M. Tye, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Life Sciences

Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Life Sciences

Houra Merrikh, Vanderbilt University, Life Sciences

Ahmet Yildiz, University of California, Berkeley, Life Sciences

Brandi Cossairt, University of Washington, Chemistry

Danna Freedman, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Hosea Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles, Chemistry

Mircea Dincă, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Paul Dauenhauer, University of Minnesota, Chemistry

Prashant K. Jain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry

Rebekka Klausen, Johns Hopkins University, Chemistry

Sara Skrabalak, Indiana University, Chemistry

Shannon Boettcher, University of Oregon, Chemistry

Wei Min, Columbia University, Chemistry

Wenjun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry

Aditya Akella, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Andrea Alù, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Andrea Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Asegun Henry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Graham Neubig, Carnegie Mellon University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Guihua Yu, The University of Texas at Austin, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Kilian Weinberger, Cornell University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Kristen Grauman, The University of Texas at Austin, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Liangbing Hu, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Noah Planavsky, Yale University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

2020[11][12] Clifford Brangwynne, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

William Dichtel, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Brian Metzger, Professor of Physics, Columbia University

Polina Anikeeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Clifford Brangwynne, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Elena Gracheva, Yale University, Life Sciences

Viviana Gradinaru, California Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Sun Hur, Boston Children's Hospital, Life Sciences

Cigall Kadoch, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Life Sciences

Julius Lucks, Northwestern University, Life Sciences

Houra Merrikh, Vanderbilt University, Life Sciences

Seth Murray, Texas A & M University, Life Sciences

Nieng Yan, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Aditya Akella, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Andrea Alù, Advanced Sciences Research Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Cory Dean, Columbia University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Kristen Grauman, The University of Texas at Austin, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Mohammad Hajiaghayi, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Liangbing Hu, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Subhash Khot, New York University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Maureen Long, Yale University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Brian Metzger, Columbia University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Aydogan Ozcan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Luis Campos, Columbia University, Chemistry

William Dichtel, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Guangbin Dong, University of Chicago, Chemistry

Neil Garg, University of California, Los Angeles, Chemistry

Prashant Jain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry

Wei Min, Columbia University, Chemistry

Gary Patti, Washington University in St. Louis, Chemistry

Ryan Shenvi, Scripps Research, Chemistry

Emily Weiss, Northwestern University, Chemistry

2019 Heather J. Lynch, Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Ecology and Evolution and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University

Ana Maria Rey, JILA Fellow & Professor of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder

Emily Balskus, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Emily Balskus, Harvard University, Chemistry

William Dichtel, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Christy Haynes,University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry

Ive Hermans, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry

Jeremiah Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Wei Min, Columbia University, Chemistry

David Nicewicz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chemistry

Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Princeton University, Chemistry

Joseph Subotnik, University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry

Emily Weiss, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Andrea Alù, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Chiara Daraio, California Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Xiangfeng Duan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Liangbing Hu, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Subhash Khot, New York University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Jure Leskovec, Stanford University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ying Shirley Meng, University of California, San Diego, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Brian Metzger, Columbia University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ana Maria Rey, University of Colorado Boulder, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Clifford Brangwynne, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Viviana Gradinaru, California Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Michael Jewett, Northwestern University, Life Sciences

Heather Lynch, Stony Brook University, Life Sciences

Joseph Mougous, University of Washington, Life Sciences

Seth Murray, Texas A&M University, Life Sciences

Nicholas Navin, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Life Sciences

Benjamin tenOever, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Life Sciences

Benjamin Tu, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Life Sciences

Nieng Yan, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Gene Yeo, University of California San Diego, Life Sciences

2018 Janelle Ayres, an associate professor in the Nomis Center for Immunobiology & Microbial Pathogenesis and Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Neal K. Devaraj, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry and bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego

Sergei V. Kalinin, director of the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Janelle Ayres, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Life Sciences

Edward Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Clifford Brangwynne, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Zachary Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Life Sciences

Franziska Michor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Life Sciences

Joseph Mougous, University of Washington, Life Sciences

Celeste Nelson, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Bradley Pentelute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Benjamin Tu, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Life Sciences

Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego, Life Sciences

Emily Balskus, Harvard University, Chemistry

Luis Campos, Columbia University, Chemistry

Bianxiao Cui, Stanford University, Chemistry

Mircea Dincă, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, Chemistry

Neil Garg, University of California, Los Angeles, Chemistry

Christy Haynes, University of Minnesota, Chemistry

Bo Huang, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

Joseph Subotnik, University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry

Emily Weiss, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Andrea Alù, The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Xiangfeng Duan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Jonathan Fortney, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Sergei V. Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Jure Leskovec, Stanford University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ying Shirley Meng, University of California, San Diego, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Brian Metzger, Columbia University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Anastasia Volovich, Brown University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Gleb Yushin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

2017[13][14]Yi Cui, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Photon Science and Chemistry, Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Melanie Sanford, Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan

Feng Zhang, Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Mohamed El-Naggar, University of Southern California, Life Sciences

Antonio Giraldez, Yale University, Life Sciences

Stavros Lomvardas, University of California, San Francisco, Life Sciences

Franziska Michor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Life Sciences

Celeste Nelson, Princeton University, Life Sciences

Bradley Pentelute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University, Life Sciences

Pardis Sabeti, Harvard University, Life Sciences

Benjamin Tu, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Life Sciences

Andrea Alù, The University of Texas at Austin, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Nicolas Dauphas, The University of Chicago, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Julia Greer, California Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Mark Hersam, Northwestern University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Sergei V. Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Jure Leskovec, Stanford University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Tommaso Treu, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Anastasia Volovich, Brown University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Gleb Yushin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Matthew Becker, University of Akron, Chemistry

William Dichtel, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Matthew Disney, Scripps, Chemistry

Michael Fischbach, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

Nathan Gianneschi, University of California, San Diego, Chemistry

Christy Haynes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Chemistry

Bo Huang, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

Michael Strano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Dmitri Talapin, University of Chicago, Chemistry

2016[15]David Charbonneau, Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University

Phil Baran, Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute

Michael Rape, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Xi Chen, Johns Hopkins University, Life Sciences

Casey Dunn, Brown University, Life Sciences

Antonio Giraldez, Yale University, Life Sciences

Rob Knight, University of California, San Diego, Life Sciences

Oliver Rando, University of California, Berkeley, Life Sciences

Antonina Roll-Mecak, National Institutes of Health, Life Sciences

Pardis Sabeti, Harvard University, Life Sciences

Beth Shapiro, University of California, Santa Cruz, Life Sciences

Leor Weinberger, Gladstone Institutes, Life Sciences

Feng Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Andrea Alù, The University of Texas at Austin, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Alexei Borodin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Yi Cui, Stanford University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Jenny Greene, Princeton University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Julia Greer, California Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Aydogan Ozcan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Amit Singer, Princeton University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Anastasia Volovich, Brown University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Garnet Chan, Princeton University, Chemistry

Matthew Disney, Scripps Florida, Chemistry

Pieter Dorrestein, University of California, San Diego, Chemistry

Michael Fischbach, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

David Ginger, University of Washington, Chemistry

Bo Huang, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

Nevan Krogan, Gladstone Institutes, Chemistry

Teri Odom, Northwestern University, Chemistry

Edward Valeev, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chemistry

2015[16]Christopher Chang, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Edward F. Chang, Associate Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Co-Director of the Center for Neural Engineering and Prosthetics, UC Berkeley and UCSF

Syed Jafar, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

Jonathan Kagan, Boston Children's Hospital, Life Sciences

Rob Knight, University of California, San Diego, Life Sciences

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Life Sciences

Luciano Marraffini, The Rockefeller University, Life Sciences

Michael Rape, University of California, Berkeley, Life Sciences

Jared Rutter, University of Utah, Life Sciences

Alice Ting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Feng Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Yi Zuo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Life Sciences

Yi Cui, Stanford University & SLAC, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Xiangfeng Duan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Eric Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Markus Greiner, Harvard University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ali Khademhosseini, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Hakho Lee, Massachusetts General Hospital, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Yueh-Lin Loo, Princeton University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Aydogan Ozcan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Abhay Pasupathy, Columbia University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ashvin Vishwanath, University of California, Berkeley, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Phil Baran, Scripps Research Institute, Chemistry

Bianxiao Cui, Stanford University, Chemistry

Matthew Disney, Scripps, Chemistry

Michael Fischbach, University of California, San Francisco, Chemistry

Rustem Ismagilov, California Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Nevan Krogan, Gladstone Institutes, Chemistry

Hening Lin, Cornell University, Chemistry

Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, Chemistry

Michael Strano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Peng Yin, Harvard University, Chemistry

2014Rachel Wilson, Harvard University, Life Sciences

Marin Soljačić, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Adam Cohen, Harvard University, Chemistry

Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Life Sciences

Howard Chang, Stanford University, Life Sciences

Jonathan Kagan, Boston Children’s Hospital, Life Sciences

Rob Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder, Life Sciences

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Life Sciences

Sarkis Mazmanian, California Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Michael Rape, University of California, Berkeley, Life Sciences

Alice Ting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences

Sinisa Urban, Johns Hopkins University, Life Sciences

Yi Cui, SLAC National Laboratory and Stanford University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ali Hajimiri, California Institute of Technology, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ali Javey, University of California, Berkeley, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ali Khademhosseini, Harvard University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Teri Odom, Northwestern University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Aydogan Ozcan, University of California, Los Angeles, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Leonardo Rastelli, Stony Brook University, Physical Sciences & Engineering

William Shih, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Physical Sciences & Engineering

Phil Baran, The Scripps Research Institute, Chemistry

Garnet Chan, Princeton University, Chemistry

Christopher Chang, University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry

Peng Chen, Cornell University, Chemistry

Ruben Gonzalez, Columbia University, Chemistry

Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, Chemistry

Michael Strano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

Peng Yin, Harvard University, Chemistry

Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry

Israel Faculty Competition

In 2017 the Blavatnik Awards launched a national competition in Israel modeled on the U.S. Faculty awards. The Blavatnik Awards in Israel are administered by The New York Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Three Laureates from Israel are chosen each awards cycle and receive US$100,000 in unrestricted funds. The first awards were granted during a ceremony held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on February 4, 2018.[17][18][19][20][21][22]

Past Israel Laureates

YearLaureates
2018[23]Anat Levin, Associate Professor, The Andrew & Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Charles Diesendruck, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Oded Rechavi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology, Tel Aviv University

2019[24]

Michal Rivlin, Senior Scientist and Sara Lee Schupf Family Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science

Erez Berg, Associate Professor, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

Moran Bercovici, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

2020[25]

Igor Ulitsky, Senior Scientist, Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science

Emmanuel Levy, Senior Scientist, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science

Guy Rothblum, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science

2021[26]

Yossi Yovel, Associate Professor of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Israel Young Academy Member

Rafal Klajn, Associate Professor and Head of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design, Weizmann Institute of Science

Ido Kaminer, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

2022[27]

Noam Stern-Ginossar, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Weizmann Institute of Science

Menny Shalom, Professor of Inorganic & Solid-State Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ronen Eldan, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science

United Kingdom (UK) Faculty Competition

In 2017 the Blavatnik Awards launched a national competition across the United Kingdom modeled after the U.S. Faculty awards. A laureate and two finalists in each of three categories (Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering) are chosen in the UK every awards cycle. In 2022, prize monies were increased for the UK competition and Laureates are awarded £100,000 and finalists receive £30,000.[28] The first awards were granted during a ceremony held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on March 7, 2018.[29]

Past United Kingdom (UK) Laureates and Finalists

YearFieldLaureateFinalists
2018[30] Chemistry Andrew Goodwin, Professor of Materials Chemistry, University of Oxford Robert Hilton, Durham University
Philipp Kukura, University of Oxford
Life Sciences M. Madan Babu, Programme Leader, Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology Timothy Behrens, University of Oxford; honorary Principal Investigator, University College London (UCL)
John Briggs, Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Physical Sciences and Engineering Henry Snaith, Professor of Physics, Group Leader Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics Device group, University of Oxford Claudia de Rham, Imperial College London

Andrew Levan, University of Warwick

2019[31] Chemistry Philipp Kukura, University of Oxford Igor Larrosa, University of Manchester
Rachel O'Reilly, University of Birmingham
Life Sciences Ewa Paluch, University College London (UCL) & University of Cambridge Timothy Behrens, University of Oxford & Honorary Principal Investigator, University College London (UCL)
Kathy Niakan, Francis Crick Institute
Physical Sciences and Engineering Konstantinos Nikolopoulos University of Birmingham Gustav Holzegel, Imperial College, London
Máire O'Neill, Queen's University Belfast
2020[32] Chemistry Kirsty Penkman, University of York Matthew Fuchter, Imperial College London
Stephen Goldup, University of Southampton
Life Sciences Timothy Behrens, University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) Eleanor Stride, University of Oxford
Edze Rients Westra, University of Exeter
Physical Sciences and Engineering Claudia de Rham, Imperial College London Ian Chapman, UK Atomic Energy Authority and Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Amaury Triaud, University of Birmingham
2021[33] Chemistry Daniele Leonori, University of Manchester David P. Mills, University of Manchester
Matthew Powner, University College London
Life Sciences Stephen L. Brusatte, University of Edinburgh John Marioni, European Bioinformatics Institute and University of Cambridge
Edze Westra, University of Exeter
Physical Sciences and Engineering Sinead Farrington, University of Edinburgh Artem Mishchenko, University of Manchester
Themis Prodromakis, University of Southampton
2022 Chemistry Kim Jelfs, Imperial College London Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge
Stephen Thomas, University of Edinburgh
Physical Sciences and Engineering Matthew Brookes, University of Nottingham Sarah Haigh, University of Manchester
Anja Schmidt, University of Cambridge
Life Sciences Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Erin Saupe, University of Oxford
Sonja Vernes, University of St Andrews

See also

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