Forbes "30 under 30" science field...

Forbes magazine recently published its 2021 list of "30 under 30".
list covers health care, science, business, sports, entertainment and other fields.
in today's article, we take a look at the 30 young scientists on the Science list.
Bassem Al-Shayeb, a 27-year-old doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered a variety of new viruses with large genomes, including the largest known phage, from Dr. Jennifer Doudna, a 2020 Nobel laureate in chemistry.
these findings have spawned a number of versatile CRISPR gene editing tools.
Butler-Craig, a 23-year-old graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, pictured: Georgia Tech's official butler-Craig is pursuing a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering to complete NASA's graduate program in space technology.
, she is passionate about science communication, exploring diversity in mathematics engineering (STEM) and providing resources for students who aspire to enter aerospace engineering.
Amanda Chen, 28, MIT, Ph.D. Source: MIT's official liver is an important organ of the human body, and Amanda Chen designed and studied the "mini liver" that could be used to develop next-generation cell therapies, auxiliary organ transplants, and even as an alternative organ for the treatment of advanced liver disease.
Zibo Chen, a 29-year-old postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology, is developing a molecular computer that uses artificially designed proteins to transform cells.
, he has been transforming T-cells.
the technology could eventually lead to new therapeutic and disease detection technologies.
Chanyeol Choi, a 29-year-old doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is developing a large computing device to simulate the human brain.
he developed an artificial synapse chip that simulates the exchange of information between neurons.
he hopes to design hardware that can be integrated into the human body, such as artificial eyes, artificial skin, etc.
Richard Ebright, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Harvard Medical School.
His work has shown that using a drug called omacetaxine directly inhibits the cytosome, specifically targeting and killing highly metastasis breast cancer cells, meaning that a drug that has been approved by the FDA can be included in some patients' treatment options.
, 29, of Stanford University, postdoctoral photo Source: Black In Neuro Home Dr. Ferguson identifies a special class of cells in the brain that play an important role in controlling attention.
her work helps people better understand mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and autism and develop new treatments.
she is also the co-founder of Black In Neuro.
Carl E. Fields, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Michigan State University, pictured: The work will improve our understanding of large-mass stars and supernovae, and he is using supercomputers to simulate stellar evolution.
his research won the 2020 Price Prize for Cosmology and Astrophysics.
Gabi Fleury, a 29-year-old conservation partner at the Rainforest Trust, studies how humans coexist with wild predators.
He led a team of researchers in Namibia to test how to reduce the conflict between cheetahs and livestock, designed a video game made entirely of pictures, taught illiterate Mozambican villagers about ways to prevent loss of livestock, and planned to test African wild dogs that safely drove into farms with odor deterrents.
Julia Gonski, 28, columbia university, postdoctoral photo Source: Columbia University's official website, Dr. Gonski, is studying physics.
she uses machine learning to find events of interest in the sheer volume of data generated by the Large Hadong Collider.
using the first neural network-based tool, she found evidence of high-momentum Higgs particles.
Maddie Hall, co-founder of 28Living Carbon, said: "Climate change is one of the biggest existential threats facing society today.
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San Francisco-based Living Carbon is planting genetically modified trees to combat climate change.
genetically modified poplars and pines absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than natural trees, grow faster and live longer.
Hall likened Living Carbon to a "Tesla" in a tree.
Anhong Guo, a 28-year-old assistant professor at the University of Michigan Photo Source: Prof. Guo's profile Professor Guo is dedicated to designing and developing human-artificial intelligence interaction systems to help humans better access visual information, such as touch screen mulch for the visually impaired.
is also working on artificial intelligence-based cameras that can read information about their surroundings.
he will join the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in January.
Hannah Kerner, a 27-year-old assistant professor at the University of Maryland, uses machine learning, satellite data and spacecraft to monitor crops, provide information on strategies to mitigate climate degradation, and spot signs of natural disasters.
In NASA's Harvey project, she used the technology to create Ernest Lee, a 29-year-old physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who studies how the immune system causes inflammation.
his work helped discover unknown molecular processes that could lead to autoimmune diseases, and found that some molecules structurally assemble DNA and RNA into nanoparticles, exacerbating inflammation.
Yuzhang Li, a 29-year-old assistant professor at UCLA Photo Source: UCLA's lab is dedicated to finding portable, reliable materials for the next generation of batteries.
his research captured the first atomic-level images that could reveal the cause of lithium-ion battery fires, providing guidance for developing safer batteries.
he has also developed a way to use graphene to improve battery stability and is patenting and has been commercially licensed.
Yayuan Liu, 28, MIT, postdoctoral photo Source: Dr. Liu, MIT's official website, focuses on the interdisciplinary disciplines of electrochemistry and the environment and has made outstanding contributions in areas such as next-generation lithium batteries and carbon capture systems.
holds several patents and publishes them in journals such as Nature-Energy and Nature Communications.
Márquez, a 27-year-old doctoral student at Curtin University in Australia, studies how human behavior affects the effectiveness of shark conservation efforts in Australia.
is a multi-lindal science spreader who founded The Fins United Initiative, a non-profit conservation and education organization.
Earyn McGee, a 26-year-old doctoral student at the University of Arizona. Source: Studying Reptiles, her topic is the effects of climate change on lizards in the southwestern United States.
she's also an internet star, known as the Lizard Girl: as a science spreader, she created a social media game, "FindThatLizard."
well known, lizards have superb camouflage, to find lizards is not easy! Jelena Notaros, 27, ASSISTANT Professor, MIT Image caption Professor Notaros' research interest is to integrate silicon photonics devices and systems to solve problems in areas including display, sensing, communications, quantum and biology.
she recently showed off a display made up of transparent photon chips that project 3D holograms that are only visible to the user.
Pablo Rodriguez Fernández, 29, postdoctoral photo Source: MIT's official website, Dr. Fernández, who studies fusion energy at the MIT Center for Plasma Science and Fusion, and his research papers are published in various journals such as Plasma Physics, Physical Review Express.
Ubadah Sabbagh, a 27-year-old doctoral student at Virginia Tech. Source: Virginia Tech's official website. In addition to interpreting images, there are some non-conscious activities that people do not know much about at present.
, who is currently in fifth grade, is funded by the NIH to map the structure of untapped visual circuits in the brain.
Sanchez, a 27-year-old Harvard University doctoral student Photo: Harvard University's official website Sanchez is dedicated to developing wearable smart fabrics for people with disabilities or patients.
, for example, smart leg sleeves for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis, flexible smart fabrics with built-in feedback control to help users move.
Suman Sherwani, a 27-year-old systems engineer at the University of Iowa, like NASA, wants to unlock the "mysterious interaction between the sun and the Earth's magnetic field."
project manager and systems engineer, she developed magnetic field instruments for the 2023 satellite mission.
Cody Siciliano, 29, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Photo: Professor Siciliano's lab at Vanderbilt University's official website explores how the brain calculates various information to make decisions and how drug abuse changes the mechanisms of that decision that lead to addiction.
his goal is to find better addiction treatments.
his research found that there is a neural circuit in the brain that is key to developing compulsive drinking.
Amir Siraj, a 20-year-old Harvard University student Photo Source: Harvard University's official website Siraj is a student in Harvard University's Department of Astrophysics who is exploring the effects of comets and asteroids on planetary systems, researching new ways to detect interstellar objects, and effective techniques for detecting small black holes.
was also a classical pianist, studying for a master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Edward Twomey, 29, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, pictured: JHU's website Professor Twomey's lab is working on how neurotransmitters affect learning and memory, especially the key role of glutamate-enabled ligands in the brain's functional units, and the role of these structural problems in neurodegenerative diseases.
Danqing Wang, 28, of the University of California, Berkeley, postdoctoral photo Source: UC Berkeley, inspired by a chromatin, Dr. Wang is working to develop ways to control light on tiny scales.
her research could be used to make very low-power lasers for medical devices and other applications.
Julien West, 29, an assistant professor at Rice University Photo: Rice University's official website, Professor West, is dedicated to using chemical reactions to develop new methods to create better mass-production technologies for healthcare and reduce the cost of drug production.
, for example, there is a common chemical reaction that relies on palladium, and Professor West has found that it can be done with cheaper iron and sulfur.
Diyi Yang, 29, Georgia Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor Photo: The Social and Language Technology Laboratory, led by Professor Yang, Georgia Tech's official website, combines linguistics and social science with machine learning to develop new ways to use computer-aided solutions to social problems, such as online harassment and promoting medical support groups.
Yang, a 25-year-old california institute of Technology, has a large amount of chemicals in his sweat that could provide clues to health problems such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
sweat sensors developed by Yiran Yang to help intervene early on these diseases and monitor their progression.
recently, she tweaked the sensor and could also be used to detect new coronary antibodies in a person's saliva.
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