Celebrating Our 2023 Discovery Prize Finalists On September 18
August 17, 2023
Dear students, faculty and staff,
Every day, exceptional researchers and scholars at Stony Brook University are helping to solve the world’s most critical challenges. The Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize supports our talented early-career faculty who play a vital role in elevating Stony Brook to its next level of research excellence and innovation. Please join us on Monday, September 18 in the Charles B. Wang Center Theatre at 2:30 pm as our outstanding faculty finalists for the 2023 Discovery Prize present their research, including:
● Chris Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, "A New Platform to Track the Chemistry of Climatically-Relevant but Currently Under-Addressed Ultrafine Aerosol Particles"
● Mengkun Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, "Revolutionizing Nano Photonics: Exploring a New Highway for Light Matter Interactions"
● Sima Mofakham, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, "Promoting Neurological Recovery Through Self-Organization of Ensembles Encoding Goal-Directed Behavior"
Our finalists have worked closely with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science in preparation for the delivery of their presentations, which will be evaluated by a panel of distinguished judges. At the conclusion of these presentations, the 2023 winner of the $200,000 Discovery Prize will be announced. To register to attend this special event and for more information on these exceptional scholars, please visit stonybrook.edu/discoveryprize.
The Discovery Prize was established in 2013 with a generous donation from the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees. The Prize is awarded to an early-career Stony Brook faculty member in the STEM disciplines whose pioneering project embraces risk and innovation and embodies the potential of discovery-driven research — the catalysts for great scientific advances.
Stony Brook has earned its stellar reputation as a prestigious research institution because of the many breakthrough discoveries — such as developing the technology for the MRI — made during the past several decades. It is crucial that we continue to support fundamental research and encourage our greatest minds to pursue the big ideas that transform lives and make an impact around the world.
Sincerely,
Maurie McInnis
President