PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release    
May 8, 2006 
 Contact:  Marsha Jews
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SCIENCE SPECTRUM MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES TOP MINORITIES IN SCIENCE

Baltimore, Md. - Science Spectrum magazine released the names of the “Trailblazers” today. The Science Spectrum Trailblazers are outstanding Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Black professionals in the science arena whose leadership and innovative thinking on the job and in the community extend throughout and beyond their industry.

Selected by Science Spectrum editors, the chosen winners have all made a significant, quantifiable, personal impact on the industry and their communities.  Many maintain a powerful position of influence regarding public policy for minorities in science.

A luncheon honoring these Science Spectrum Trailblazers will be held on Friday, September 16, 2006 at the Baltimore Convention center in Baltimore, Maryland during the Minorities in Research Science Conference, the premier awards and professional development event for minority science professionals. The conference will be held from Thursday, September 14 to Saturday, September 16, 2006. 

“I am thrilled to present and honor the scientific field’s brightest stars,” says Dr. Tyrone D. Taborn, editor-in-chief of Science Spectrum magazine and CEO of Career Communications Group Inc., producers of the conference and publishers of Science Spectrum.

 “Clearly, if we are to bring on a new cohort of science talent, we must begin by recognizing and applauding those in the multicultural communities who have excelled,” Taborn continues. “In today’s media environment, high visibility is everything.” To register for the luncheon or receive more details visit www.ccgmag.com/emerald.

For over 20 years, Career Communications Group has been a global leader in producing conferences and outreach programs including The Black Engineer of the Year Awards, National Women of Color Technology Awards, Minorities in Research and Science Conference, Black Family Technology

Awareness Week, La Familia Technology Week and the Native American Technology Journey. CCG is also the publisher of US Black Engineer & Information Technology, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology, Women of Color and Science Spectrum magazines.

2006 Science Spectrum Trailblazers

Magid Abou-Gharbia, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Chemical and Screening Sciences
Wyeth Research

Claudia J. Alexander
Space Plasma Physicist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA

John D. Amos
Principal Engineer
Siemens Power Generation Inc.

Wayne Bethea, Ph.D.
Senior Research Computer Scientist
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Talapady N. Bhat, Ph.D.
Project Leader
National Institutes of Standards and Technology

Julia Billiard, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Wyeth Research

Isaiah Blankson, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
NASA Glenn Research Center

Sandra E. Burke, Ph.D.
Volwiler Associate Research Fellow
Abbott Laboratories Inc.

John Carpten, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator and Director
Integrated Cancer Genomics Division
Translational Genomics Research Institute

Lui-Heung Chan, Ph.D.
Charles L. Jones Endowed Professor
Department of Geology and Geography
Louisiana State University

Mala R. Chinoy, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Lung Development Research Program
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Richard S. Christiansen
Deputy Center Director
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

John Cortinas Jr., Ph.D. 
Cooperative Institute Program Manager
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thuy B. Dao
Advanced Transistor Development Manager
Freescale Semiconductor

Peter J. Delfyett, Ph.D.
Trustee Chair Professor                              
University of Central Florida, College of Optics and Photomics

Nils J. Diaz, Ph.D.
Chairman
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jerry C. Elliott
Senior Technical Manager, Management Integration Office
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, NASA

Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Whiting Schools' Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca D. Fitzgerald
Black Belt/Engineer
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Michael Flood
District Manager, Sodexho - Facility Technical Services
Sodexho

Satish Gadde
Engineering Program Manager (Principal Engineer)
Siemens Power Generation Inc.

Robyn N. Gordon
Chief, Diversity Office
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

Satyandra K. Gupta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland

José-Luis Hernández-Rebollar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
George Washington University

Victoria Holloway, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, R&D, L'Oréal USA
Director, The L'Oréal Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skin Research

Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Ph.D.
President
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Pablo A. Iglesias, Ph.D.
Professor, Whiting School's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Neena Imam, Ph.D.
Research and Development Scientist, Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Hope Ishii, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Staff Member
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
President
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jasmin Jijina
Senior Systems Engineer, Advanced Systems Development
GM OnStar

Dexter Johnson, Ph.D.
Aerospace Research Engineer
Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

Stephanie R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Johns Hopkins

Duy-Loan T. Le
Senior Fellow and Technology Ramp Manager
Texas Instruments Inc.

Ted W. Love, M.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Nuvelo Inc.

Lt. Col. Mike "Mercury" Morris
Director of Operations
U.S. Air Force Materiel Command

Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D.
Professor in Radiology, Director MQIR
Musculoskeletal Research Group & UCSF, Radiology & Bioengineering

Bonnie Marini, Ph.D.
Manager, Turbine Design
Siemens Power Generation Inc.

Wayne Martin, Ph.D.
Environmental Scientist, Technical Group
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory operated by Battelle Memorial Institute

Michael May, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Chemical Development, Wyeth Research

Samuel P. McKenzie
Radiation Control/Environmental Safety and Health Officer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Antonia Coello Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H.
Commissioner (former Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service)
State of New York

Phani K. Nukala, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Derrick H. Pitts
Senior Scientist, Chief Astronomer, Planetarium Programs Director, Exhibit Developer
Franklin Institute Science Museum

Nathaniel G. Pitts, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Integrative Activities
National Science Foundation

Richard Hamilton Pointer, Ph.D.
Professor and Researcher
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Howard University

Capt. Kevin Randall Porter, M.D.
Chief, Viral Diseases Department
Naval Medical Research Center

Laura Pressley, Ph.D.
Global Device Yield Engineer
Freescale Semiconductor

Annelle B. Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Minority and National Affairs
American Psychiatric Association

Veena N. Rao, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director
Cancer Biology Program, Department of Microbiology/Biochemistry/Immunology
Morehouse School of Medicine

Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate
Senior Scientist
ITT Industries Inc.

Frank Reid
Chief of Staff – World Wide Design: Networking & Computing
Freescale Semiconductor

Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Acting Director
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Stanley Rogers, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist/Engineer and Photonic Technology Manager
Electro-Optic Warfare Counter Measure Applications Branch, Sensors Directorate 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Pardis Sabeti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
James Sherley, M.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering
Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health
MIT

John Brooks Slaughter, Ph.D.
President and CEO
NACME

Lisa Staiano-Coico, Ph.D.
Rebeca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Krystal M. Thomas
Industrial Engineer
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory/DoD

Lydia W. Thomas, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mitretek Systems

Donald E. Thompson, Ph.D.
Acting Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources
National Science Foundation

Chad Trujillo, Ph.D.
Science Fellow, Science Staff Meeting Coordinator
Gemini Observatory

Hershel L. Turner
Command Sergeant Major
White Sands Missile Range

Ivra Leon Turner, Ph.D.
Technical Program Manager and Member of Technical Staff
Freescale Semiconductor

Warren M. Washington, Ph.D.
NSB Chair; Senior Scientist and Section Head
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
National Science Foundation

Dean Williams
Research Computer Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Chad Womack, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer
NanoVec

Capt. Eric J. Wright, USN (ret.) 
Deputy Director of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) and the Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Jerrel Louis Yakel, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Neurobiology, NIEHS

Xiao-Hai Yan, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Professor of Oceanography
Center for Remote Sensing, College of Marine Science
University of Delaware