Career Communications Group today revealed the winners of its 2007 Emerald Honors. The 2007 Emerald Honors recognize innovators who demonstrate excellence in science, engineering, or technology, leadership in their workplaces and communities, outstanding work as role models and mentors and commitment to recruiting and retaining minorities in the nation's science and technology enterprises.
In September, twenty-three of the nation’s finest minority researchers and executive-level decision makers in science will share the spotlight at the annual Minorities in Research Science Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
The 2007 Emerald Honorees are:
Scientist of the Year
Woodrow Whitlow Jr., PhD
Center Director
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn Research Center
Career Achievement
Richard S. Christiansen
Deputy Director
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center
Julie Zoller
Technical and Program Director
Advanced Engineering & Sciences Division
ITT Corporation
Educational Leadership
Meredith K. Lane
Research Engineer
Kraft Foods - Global Technology and Quality
Natural Cheese/Snacking Brand Value
Kraft Foods
Community Outreach
Wanda Fields, PhD
Senior R&D Toxicologist
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Most Promising Scientist
Wageesha Senaratne, PhD
Research Scientist
Corning, Inc.
Angela Sowers, PhD
Biologist
Civil Project Development Branch
Baltimore District- Planning Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
President's Award
Yanxi Tan Cain, PhD
Associate Director
Analytical & Quality Sciences Division, Preclinical Development
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Professional Achievement
Doris Browne, MD, MPH
Program Director
Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Rear Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS
Chief, Navy Medical Corps
Commander, Navy Medicine National Capital Area Region
Commander, National Naval Medical Center
Research Leadership
Carlos Gonzalez, PhD
Acting Deputy Division Chief,
Physical and Chemical Properties Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Shi Xia Feng, PhD
Associate Principal Scientist
Phillip Morris
Jesus A. Gutierrez, PhD
Research Advisor, Integrative Biology
Eli Lilly & Company
Senior Investigator
Phani K. Nukala, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Evon L. Crooks
Master Scientist
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Sharon X. Ling
Senior Engineer
Electronic System Group
Space Department
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dean Williams
Acting Deputy Division Leader Energy
Environment and Biology Computing Applications
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Senior Technology Fellow
Kwasi Agyei-Aye, PhD
Master Scientist
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Special Recognition Honorees
Talapady N. Bhat, PhD
Project Leader, Bioinformatics
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Victor Man, PhD
Corporate Scientist
Food and Beverage R&D
Ecolab, Inc.
Samuel McKenzie
Radiation Control/Environment Safety & Health Officer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Li Li Wang, PhD
Research Chemist
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carlos R. Morrison
Physicist and Aerospace Engineer
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center
