Michelson Prizes laureates are distinguished scientists that have been recognized for their research and work to chart the future of human health.
Brittany Hartwell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2022 Winner
Dr. Brittany Hartwell’s winning proposal uses a strategy of ‘albumin hitchhiking’ to promote mucosal immunity using an intranasal vaccine.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering | University of Minnesota
Nicholas C. Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2021 Winner
Dr. Nicholas Wu’s research sits at the convergence of high-throughput biology, molecular biology, structural immunology, and bioinformatics and has the potential to significantly advance vaccine and therapeutic design.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Principal Investigator, Wu Lab @ UIUC
Rong Ma, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2021 Winner
Dr. Rong Ma’s proposal provides a pathway for using these mechanics to identify and predict how strong of an immune response a T cell will mount. If successful, it could greatly advance personalized cancer vaccine.
Postdoctoral Research, Emory University, Atlanta | 2022 Stanford Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Medicine: The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - The Garcia Lab
Camila Consiglio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2021 Winner
Dr. Camila Consiglio’s research attempts to separate sex hormone effects from sex chromosome effects by studying a unique cohort of people: individuals undergoing sex-re-assignment therapy with sex hormone treatment.
Postdoctoral Research, Karolinska Institutet | Assistant Professor, Lund University - Sweden
Michael Birnbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2020 Winner
Dr. Michael Birnbaum studies “elite controllers”—those rare individuals with HIV who can go for long periods without antiretroviral therapy—to identify optimal vaccine targets for stopping the virus.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Engineering, MIT
Danika Hill, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2020 Winner
Dr. Danika Hill is using strep A bacteria to identify the specific antigens that trigger the immunity protections of our bodily fluids.
Research Fellow, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
