Selection Committee

Richard Axel, M.D.
Nobel Laureate 2004
University Professor
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University

Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Torsten N. Wiesel Professor
Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
The Rockefeller University

Titia de Lange, Ph.D.
Leon Hess Professor
Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics
The Rockefeller University

Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
Nobel Laureate 1985
Professor and Chairman
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas

Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Carson Family Professor
Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
The Rockefeller University

Philippa Marrack, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Chair, Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine
National Jewish Health

Joan Steitz, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics
and Biochemistry
Yale University

Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior
The Rockefeller University
Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate 2017
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor
Laboratory of Genetics
The Rockefeller University