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Appendix A: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 115-122

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From page 115...
... In 2004 Dr. DeSimone launched Liquidia Technologies, which now employs roughly 50 people and has raised over $60 million in venture financing, including the first ever equity investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in a for-profit biotech company.
From page 116...
... He received his doctorate from Illinois State University and spent 2 years in postdoctoral studies in the Department of Human Genetics at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author of more than 150 research articles, book chapters, book reviews, and special reports in areas of scientific research and higher education, and he is a frequent speaker on issues involving the integration of scientific research and higher education.
From page 117...
... Her accomplishments have been recognized by the Charles Judson Herrick Award from the American Association of Anatomists, the Wilbur Lucius Cross Award from the Yale University Graduate School, the Meliora Citation from the University of Rochester, the Golden Plate Award from the Academy of Achievement, the Amelia Earhart Award from the Women's Union, the Edison Award, and the Pinnacle Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Julie Thompson Klein is professor of humanities in the English Department and Faculty Fellow for Interdisciplinary Development in the Divi
From page 118...
... She won the final prize in the Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Foundation's international competition for new research models and has received the Kenneth Boulding Award for outstanding scholarship on interdisciplinarity, the Yamamoorthy and Yeh Distinguished Transdisciplinary Achievement Award, and the Joseph Katz Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Practice and Discourse of General and Liberal Education. She was also senior fellow at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU)
From page 119...
... She has served on more than 100 national and international scientific advisory committees, governing boards and National Research Council panels and as a member of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, and she is currently chair of the National Research Council Division of Engineering and Physical Science. She received her B.S.
From page 120...
... The multidisciplinary approach of his research in biomolecular engineering blends modern molecular and cellular biology with engineering to generate next-generation systems and devices, including bioMEMS with enhanced applicability, reliability, functionality, and longevity. His contributions have been translated into more than 20 medical products. He has received numerous awards including the Founders Award of the National Academy of Engineering (2012)
From page 121...
... His recent projects include evaluations of NSF-funded U.S. Engineering Research Centers and State/Industry–University Cooperative Research Centers; estimates of the national and regional economic impact of NSF Engineering Research Centers, design of the Technology Innovation Centers Program for the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)


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