…inexplicably, I’m not on the list. But don’t despair. Other worthies are, and a number of them do interesting science and technology. Among the grantees:
* Victoria Hale, who …founded… a nonprofit pharmaceutical company that seeks to develop low-cost drugs for malaria and other diseases that are widespread in developing countries.
* James Fruchterman, who… adapts technologies to help raise literacy rates and improve the lives of low-income people worldwide.
*Kenneth Catania,… A neurobiologist, his study of the star-nosed mole and other mammalian insectivores provides insights into the organization and evolution of the sensory cortex.
*Kevin Eggan… a developmental biologist whose work on the use of nuclear-transfer and stem-cell technologies could lead to therapeutic applications for diseases such as Parkinson’s and insulin-dependent diabetes…
Read the whole piece in The Chronicle.