2009 TR35 JUDGES
Adam Arkin*
Professor of bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley;
Faculty scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David Berry*
Partner, Flagship Ventures
Vinton G. Cerf
Vice president and chief Internet evangelist, Google
Tanzeem Choudhury*
Assistant professor of computer science, Dartmouth College
James J. Collins*
University professor, Boston University
Peter L. Corsell*
Chief executive officer, GridPoint
Julia R. Greer*
Assistant professor of materials science, Caltech
R. John Hansman Jr.
Professor of aeronautics and astronautics, MIT
Eric Horvitz
Principal researcher and research area manager, Microsoft Research
Joseph Jacobson*
Associate professor of media arts and sciences, MIT
Jeffrey Karp*
Instructor of medicine, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Johnny Lee*
Researcher, Microsoft Applied Sciences
Steven H. Low
Professor of computer science and electrical engineering, Caltech
Christopher B. Murray*
Richard Perry University Professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Neil Renninger*
Cofounder and chief technical officer, Amyris Biotechnologies
Aimée Rose*
Principal investigator, ICx Technologies
Micah Siegel*
Managing director, Concept2Company
Adam Smith*
Founder and chief technology officer, Xobni
Chris R. Somerville
Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy, and director, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley
JB Straubel*
Chief technical officer, Tesla Motors
Heather (Haitao) Zheng*
Associate professor of computer science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Daphne Zohar*
Founder and managing partner, PureTech Ventures
*Past TR100/TR35 honoree
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