Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research: Presentations by 2017 Awardees

Date: 

Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Faculty Room, University Hall

The Star Family Challenge is a research award program established at the suggestion of James A. Star ‘83, supporting FAS and SEAS faculty members in the natural and social sciences pursuing high- risk, high-impact projects with an interdisciplinary focus. 

We are pleased to announce the 2017 Star Family Challenge awardees:

  • Jesse Snedeker, Professor of Psychology, FAS, “Language creation: Modeling the rapid emergence of a new language in Nicaragua”
  • Elsie Sunderland, Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, SEAS; Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Environmental Health, HSPH, “Epidemics in the wind: Can airborne bacteria cause meningitis outbreaks?”
  • Amy Wagers, Forst Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology , FAS, “Why we age: a potentially common driver of age-related dysfunction across organ systems”
  • Robin Wordsworth, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, SEAS, “Resolving the status of oxygen as a biosignature to allow a search for life on exoplanets”

This event is open to the Harvard community. Additional information about the Star Family Challenge can be found here