Maria Baryakhtar, 2010, (Physics and Mathematics), optimizing techniques of stored light in ensembles of rubidium atoms; Ronald Walsworth, Harvard University.

Eugene Beh, 2009, (Chemical and Physical Biology), synthesis of precursors for atomic layer deposition; Roy Gordon, Harvard University.

Alexander Bick, 2010, (Engineering Sciences), development of a microfluidic device for disease diagnosis in resource-limited settings; Patrick Tabeling, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (Paris).

Samuel Bjork, 2009, (Chemical and Physical Biology), molecular genetics of cellulose degradation and ethanol production by Clostridium phytofermentans; George Church, Harvard Medical School (HMS).

Neel Butala, 2009, (Economics), “A Molecular Analysis of Blood-Brain Barrier Development”; Andy McMahon, Harvard University.

Peter Cai, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), protocadherin gene regulation in vitro and in vivo and neural connectivity; Tom Maniatis, Harvard University.

Christoper Chen, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology), study of antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria via elucidation of the cell wall degradation pathway; Dan Kahne, Harvard University.

Tzu-Ying Chuang, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology), study of the role of glomulin (Glmn), the gene mutated in glomuvenous malformations (GVM); Miikka Vikkula/Université Catholique de Louvain, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology.

Lin Cong, 2009, (Physics and Math), “Modeling of Biological Systems: 1) Protein-DNA Interaction 2) Protein Folding and Mis-folding”; Mike Payne; Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge.

Elena Fradkov, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), research to determine the immunological mechanism by which the mother does not reject the fetus; Jack Strominger, Harvard University.

Aaron Garcia, 2009, (Chemical and Physical Biology), investigating the molecular basis of circadian rhythms in mosquito vectors of tropical diseases using clock gene RNA probes; Alexandre Peixoto, Oswald Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro.

Michael Gladstone, 2009, (Biochemical Sciences), use of DNA plasmid IL-21 as an HIV vaccine adjuvant; Norm Letvin, Harvard University.

Mihir Gupta, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology), identifying the genes causing colorectal cancer in sleeping beauty transposon system mouse model; David Largaespada, University of Minnesota.

Ognjen Ilic, 2009, (Physics), optical atom trapping and transporting; Markus Greiner, Harvard University, and Michael Koehl, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

Stefan Kathman, 2009, (Chemistry), synthesis of the C ring of taxol from the Wieland-Miescher ketone; Joelle Prunet, Ecole Polytechnique.

Nour Kibbi, 2010, (History of Science), investigating the distribution of the J2 haplogroup on Y chromosomes in the Levant and North Africa; Pierre Zalloua, Lebanese American University.

Tim Kovachy, 2009, (Physics and Math), using atom interferometry to test general relativity; Mark Kasevich, Stanford University.

Aaron Kuan, 2009, (Physics/Music), “Virtual Violins: Physical and Psychoacoustical Perspectives on Violin Acoustics”; Jim Woodhouse, Cambridge University.

Warakorn Kulalert, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), mTOR signaling pathway; John Blenis, HMS.

Dana Lazarus, 2009, (Environmental Science and Engineering), oxidation of manganese by bacteria in the soil; Colleen Hansel, Harvard University.

Christopher Lewis, 2009, (Chemistry/Romance Languages), iron deprivation and its effects on the clearing of BCG in murine macrophages; Marianne Wessling-Resnick, Harvard School of Public Health.

Jennifer Lo, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), NMR mapping of reverse transcription; Victoria D’Souza, Harvard University.

Angelo Mao, 2010, (Engineering Sciences), biomechanical cues from alginate gels on stem cell differentiation; David Mooney, Harvard University.

Amanda Mason, 2009, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), investigating the composition, location, and interacting partners of Polycomb Group proteins during the cell cycle; Nicole Francis, Harvard University.

Matthew McFarlane, 2008, (Biochemical Sciences), “Characterization of Mammalian Ptch1 Enhancer Sites Using a Transgenic Reporter”; Andrew P. McMahon, Harvard University.

Jennifer Middleton, 2010, (Chemistry), determining the deliquescence relative humidity of aerosol salts; Scot T. Martin, Harvard University.

Shira Mitchell, 2009, (Mathematics/Computer Science), complexity of hardness amplification; Salil Vadhan and Dan Gutfreund, Harvard University.

Vanessa Mitsialis, 2009, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), investigating the role of CC2D1A protein in Non-Syndromal Mental Retardation; Christopher A. Walsh, HMS.

Charles Nathanson, 2009, (Mathematics), “Tensor Categories of Representations of Finite Groups”; Julien Bichon, Université Blaise Pascal.

Kimberly Oo, 2009, (Chemical and Physical Biology), crystallization of hOgg1 bound to 8-oxoguanine containing DNA; Gregory Verdine, Harvard University.

Jee Woo Park, 2009, (Physics and Mathematics), construction of the muon spectrometer for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC); Joao Guimaraes da Costa, Center for European Nuclear Research (CERN).

Meghan Purdy, 2009, (Earth and Planetary Sciences), mapping Antarctic water vapor with GPS technology; Paul Tregoning, Australian National University.

Lev Shaket, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), molecular biology of myelination regulation; Klaus Armin-Nave and Markus Schwab, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine.

Julie Shapiro, 2010, (African and African American Studies, Biology), effects of human activity on Macaw behavior at clay licks; Donald Brightsmith, Texas A&M University.

Laura Stoppel, 2008, (Biology), the effects of light availability on the growth rates of juvenile corals, Favia Fragum; Robert Woollacott, Harvard University.

Rachel Strauss, 2009, (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), “A Study of the Biomechanics of How Stingrays and Sharks Propel Themselves through the Water”; George Lauder, Harvard University.

Joseph Stujenske, 2010, (Neurobiology), population coding of acceleration in macaque MT; Richard T. Born, HMS.

Alice Tzeng, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology), possible role of cytochrome b5 in the granzyme A-mediated apoptotic pathway; Judy Lieberman, HMS.

Mark Wagner, 2008, (Engineering), “Real-time Analysis of Noninvasive Neuroimaging for Accelerated Learning and Computer Interfacing”; Paul Sajda, Columbia University.

Xin (Cindy) Wang, 2010, (Chemical and Physical Biology), applying the phiC31 integrase/attP system to zebrafish transgenesis; Alexander Schier, Harvard University.

Jue Wang, 2009, (Chemical and Physical Biology), characterizing the molecular basis of toxicity in neurodegenerative disorders; Hilal Lashuel, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.

James Watts, 2010, (Molecular and Cellular Biology), reorganization of the cytoskeleton during natural killer cell cytotoxicity; Jack Strominger, Harvard University.

Winston Yan, 2010, (Physics), direct detection of neuronal activity using magnetic resonance imaging; Richard Bowtell, University of Nottingham.

Jimmy Yang, 2009, (Biochemical Sciences), “Synthesis of Psammaplysene A Anticancer and Hsp90 Antimalarial Drugs”; Jon Clardy, Harvard University/Broad Institute.

Norman Yao, 2009, (Physics and Math), “Analysis of Mechanical Properties of Neurofilaments”; David Weitz, Harvard University.

Xiang Ling Yap, 2010, (Electrical Engineering), effects of age on auditory gap interval discrimination; Louis D. Braida of MIT and the Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience Program.

Hann-Shuin Yew, 2010, (Molecular and Cell Biology), identifying oligomeric changes in the envelope glycoproteins of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) during the cell entry process; Jean Dubuisson, Institute of Biology of Lille/Institut Pasteur of Lille.

Xun Zhou, 2010, (Chemistry), feasibility of virtual keyboards in a clinical setting; Julian Goldman, Massachusetts General Hospital.