2011 Waterman Award

2011年沃特曼奖

• 批准号: 1136868
• 负责人: Casey Dunn
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1136868&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2011; Waterman; Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is proud to announce the selection of Brown University's Casey Dunn, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, to receive its 2011 Alan T. Waterman Award. Dunn, an evolutionary biologist, works on the evolution, development, and diversity of life, focusing primarily on the use of phylogenetic tools to understand the links between genes, developmental mechanisms, form, function, and evolution. The annual Waterman award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by NSF. Candidates may not be more than 35 years old, or seven years beyond receiving a doctorate, and must stand out for their individual achievements. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $500,000 over a 3-year period for scientific research or advanced study in their field. Dunn is a brilliant evolutionary biologist, and is most well known for his work on functional specialization in biological systems (particularly colonial organisms) and studies of animal relationships. He has made many unexpected and original contributions to phylogenetics and evolutionary developmental biology, including the description of complex colony-level development in siphonophores. His research with poorly known organisms is made possible by integrating field and laboratory research with novel computational tools to address classical questions. Dunn has a long relationship with NSF, and an even longer history receiving awards. He received a NSF graduate research fellowship and a doctoral dissertation improvement grant, as well as fellowships from Pop Tech Science and Public Leadership, and Kavli Frontiers of Science. With colleagues at Harvard, University of Kansas, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, he is part of a large grant project from NSF's Assembling the Tree of Life program, under which researchers are seeking to reconstruct, with phylogenomic tools, the history of the animal tree of life. His first book, Practical Computing for Biologists, was published last year.

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）自豪地宣布，布朗大学生态学和进化生物学助理教授凯西·邓恩（Casey Dunn）被选为2011年艾伦·t·沃特曼奖得主。邓恩是一位进化生物学家，研究生命的进化、发展和多样性，主要关注使用系统发育工具来理解基因、发育机制、形式、功能和进化之间的联系。一年一度的沃特曼奖旨在表彰由美国国家科学基金会支持的任何科学或工程领域的杰出青年研究员。候选人的年龄不得超过35岁，或在获得博士学位后7年，并且必须在个人成就方面脱颖而出。除奖章外，获奖者还将获得50万美元的资助，为期3年，用于在其领域的科学研究或高级学习。邓恩是一位杰出的进化生物学家，他在生物系统（尤其是群体生物）的功能专业化和动物关系研究方面的工作最为人所知。他在系统发育和进化发育生物学方面做出了许多意想不到的原创贡献，包括对虹吸水母复杂的群体水平发育的描述。他对鲜为人知的生物体的研究是通过将现场和实验室研究与新颖的计算工具相结合来解决经典问题而成为可能的。邓恩与美国国家科学基金会有着长期的合作关系，获得奖项的历史甚至更悠久。他获得了美国国家科学基金会研究生研究奖学金和博士论文改进资助，以及流行技术科学和公共领导以及Kavli科学前沿的奖学金。他与哈佛大学、堪萨斯大学和蒙特利湾水族馆研究所的同事一起，参与了美国国家科学基金会（NSF）“组装生命之树”项目的一项大型资助项目，在该项目下，研究人员正在寻求用系统基因组学工具重建动物生命之树的历史。他的第一本书《生物学家的实用计算》于去年出版。