Technology Review Reveals the 2007 TR35 List of the 35 Top Young Innovators Under 35
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — 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.
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Media Contact: Kathryn Ghita for Technology Review (617) 682-3792 [email protected] Technology Review’s TR35 for 2007
Dr. J. Christopher Anderson University of Washington University of California, Berkeley Prof. Babak Parviz Dr. Erik Bakkers University of Washington Philips Research Europe - Eindhoven Prof. Kristala Jones Prather Dr. David Berry1 MIT Flagship Ventures Dr. Partha Ranganathan Mr. Sanjit Biswas Hewlett-Packard Labs Meraki Networks Dr. Neil Renninger Prof. Josh Bongard Amyris Biotechnologies. University of Vermont Mr. Kevin Rose Mr. Garrett Camp Digg StumbleUpon Prof. Marc Sciamanna Prof. Mung Chiang Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (SUPELEC) Princeton University Prof. Rachel Segalman Prof. Adam Cohen University of California, Berkeley Harvard University Prof. Shetal Shah Dr. Javier García-Martínez State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Alicante School of Medicine
Prof. Ali Khademhosseini Prof. Abraham Stroock Harvard-MIT Div. of Health Sciences and Cornell University Technology Dr. Desney Tan Prof. Yoshi Kohno Microsoft Research University of Washington Dr. Doris Tsao Mr. Tariq Krim University of Bremen Netvibes Prof. Luis von Ahn Mr. Ivan Krstić Carnegie Mellon University One Laptop per Child Dr. Xudong Wang Mr. Jeff LaPorte Georgia Tech Eqo Communications Dr. Lili Yang Prof. Ju Li Caltech Ohio State University Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik Prof. Karen Liu MIT Georgia Tech Mr. Mark Zuckerberg Mr. Christopher Loose Facebook SteriCoat
Prof. Anna Lysyanskaya Brown University
Mr. Tapan Parikh2
1 2007 Innovator of the Year 2 2007 Humanitarian of the Year