Technology Review today announced the TR35 for 2007 - 35 accomplished men and women under the age of 35 who exemplify the spirit of innovation in business, technology and the arts. Doing ground-breaking work in energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, computing, medicine, telecommunications and the Web, these young individuals stand out for their unique contributions to society.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BusinessWire EON) August 15, 2007 --
Technology Review
today announced the TR35
for 2007 – 35 accomplished men and women under
the age of 35 who exemplify the spirit of innovation in business,
technology and the arts. Doing ground-breaking work in energy,
nanotechnology, biotechnology, computing, medicine, telecommunications
and the Web, these young individuals stand out for their unique
contributions to society.
Technology Review
also announced the selection of Tapan Parikh from the University of
Washington as the Humanitarian of the Year and David Berry of Flagship
Ventures as Innovator of the Year (see related press release). The 2007
TR35 also includes individuals from well-known organizations and
institutions such as Brown University,
Caltech, Digg,
École
Supérieure d’Electricité
(SUPÉLEC), Facebook,
Hewlett-Packard Labs, Microsoft,
MIT, Netvibes,
Philips Research Europe, Princeton
University, the University
of Alicante and the University
of Washington.
“The quality and breadth of accomplishment of
the 2007 TR35 winners is truly amazing,” said
Jason Pontin, editor in chief and publisher of Technology
Review. “We honor them for their
achievements today and into the future.”
The 2007 TR35 were selected from more than 300 submissions by the
editors of Technology Review
in collaboration with a prestigious panel of judges from leading
organizations such as Cisco Systems, del.icio.us,
Harvard Medical School,
IBM, MIT,
Novell, Stanford
University, Texas A&M, Wikipedia,
and Xerox. TR35 winners will be
profiled in the September/October issue of Technology
Review and online at http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/.
In addition, the 2007
Emerging Technologies Conference to be held September 25-27 at MIT
will honor the winners in a series of ‘Meet
the TR35’ presentations and receptions.
NOTE: A complete list of the 2007 TR35 follows.
About Technology Review, Inc.
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the authority on the future of technology, identifying emerging
technologies and analyzing their impact for leaders. Technology Review’s
media properties include Technology Review magazine, the oldest
technology magazine in the world (founded in 1899); the daily news
website TechnologyReview.com; and events such as the annual Emerging
Technologies Conference at MIT.
Technology Review’s TR35 for
2007
Dr. J. Christopher Anderson
University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Erik Bakkers
Philips Research Europe - Eindhoven
Dr. David Berry1
Flagship Ventures
Mr. Sanjit Biswas
Meraki Networks
Prof. Josh Bongard
University of Vermont
Mr. Garrett Camp
StumbleUpon
Prof. Mung Chiang
Princeton University
Prof. Adam Cohen
Harvard University
Dr. Javier García-Martínez
University of Alicante
Prof. Ali Khademhosseini
Harvard-MIT Div. of Health Sciences and Technology
Prof. Yoshi Kohno
University of Washington
Mr. Tariq Krim
Netvibes
Mr. Ivan Krstić
One Laptop per Child
Mr. Jeff LaPorte
Eqo Communications
Prof. Ju Li
Ohio State University
Prof. Karen Liu
Georgia Tech
Mr. Christopher Loose
SteriCoat
Prof. Anna Lysyanskaya
Brown University
Mr. Tapan Parikh2
University of Washington
Prof. Babak Parviz
University of Washington
Prof. Kristala Jones Prather
MIT
Dr. Partha Ranganathan
Hewlett-Packard Labs
Dr. Neil Renninger
Amyris Biotechnologies.
Mr. Kevin Rose
Digg
Prof. Marc Sciamanna
Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (SUPELEC)
Prof. Rachel Segalman
University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Shetal Shah
State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine
Prof. Abraham Stroock
Cornell University
Dr. Desney Tan
Microsoft Research
Dr. Doris Tsao
University of Bremen
Prof. Luis von Ahn
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Xudong Wang
Georgia Tech
Dr. Lili Yang
Caltech
Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik
MIT
Mr. Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook
1 2007 Innovator of the Year
2 2007 Humanitarian of the Year
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