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2023

Yuanqing Wang

Placement Institution

New York University

Machine Learning

Nominating Institution

Cornell University

Biophysics

2020

OJ Watson

Placement Institution

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Bioinformatics Population Genetics

Nominating Institution

Wellcome/Imperial College London

Mathematical Modelling

2021

Jamison Watson

Placement Institution

MIT

Electrochemistry

Nominating Institution

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Agricultural Engineering

2021

Bryan Wilder

Placement Institution

Harvard University

Epidemiology

Nominating Institution

Harvard University

Computer Science

2022

Christine Wilkinson

Placement Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Public Health

Nominating Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Ecology

2020

Ben Winer

Placement Institution

Sloan Kettering Institute

Immunology

Nominating Institution

Princeton University

Biomedical Sciences

2020

William (Chuck) Witt

Placement Institution

University of Cambridge

Machine Learning Materials Science

Nominating Institution

Princeton University

Mechanical Engineering

2023

Matthias Wurdack

Placement Institution

Stanford University

Biomedical Engineering

Nominating Institution

Australian National University

Condensed Matter Physics

2024

Wonjun Yim

Placement Institution

MIT

Cancer Diagnostics

Nominating Institution

University of California, San Diego

Materials Science

University of Colorado, Boulder

Physiology

Nominating Institution

University of Pennsylvania

Biomaterials