1. Aneil Agrawal
Evolutionary geneticist Aneil Agrawal is equally at home with real and hypothetical fruit flies.
2. Phil Baran
Chemist Phil Baran draws on artistry and creativity to efficiently synthesize molecules that could improve people's lives.
3. Jessica Cantlon
Cognitive neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon wants to find out how humans
understand numbers andwhere that understanding comes from
4. Qian Chen
Materials scientist Qian Chen is coaxing nanomaterials to self-assemble in new and unexpected ways.5. Lawrence David
Computational biologist Lawrence David regularly opens himself to new scientific challenges, including tracking his own microbiome.
6. Anna Frebel
Astronomer Anna Frebel discovered the most pristine star in the galaxy, among other record-breaking stellar finds.
7. Jeremy Freeman
As a group leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Jeremy Freeman is equal parts neuroscientist, computer coder and data visualization whiz.
8. Shayan Oveis Gharan
Theoretical computer scientist Shayan Oveis Gharan has identified connections between unrelated fields to tackle the traveling salesman problem.
9. Melissa Omand
Drawn to the water early, oceanographer Melissa Omand now leads research cruises studying how carbon and nutrients move through the seas.
10. Tenio Popmintchev
Physicist Tenio Popmintchev has created a tabletop X-ray laser, a Swiss army knife made of light.
source:https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sn-10-scientists-to-watch-2016
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