ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 26, 2003 – Five Whitaker investigators and a former Whitaker Fellow are among this year’s top 100 young innovators named by Technology Review magazine.

The TR100 consists of people under age 35 whose technologies are poised to make a dramatic impact on the world. Nominees are recognized for their contribution in transforming the nature of technology in four categories: computing, biotechnology and medicine, the internet, and nanotechnology. Technology Review, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the world’s oldest publication for technology innovation.

The five Whitaker investigators include: Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor at the University of California, San Diego; Justin Hanes, Ph.D., assistant professor at The Johns Hopkins University; Anthony Lowman, Ph.D., associate professor at Drexel University; Balaji Narasimhan, Ph.D., assistant professor at Iowa State University; and Nimmi Ramanujam, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Honoree Christophe Schilling, Ph.D., chief technology officer and cofounder of Genomatica, Inc., was a Whitaker Graduate Fellow at the University of California, San Diego.

The honorees were selected by the editors of Technology Review and a panel of 24 judges who are leaders in academia or industry, most from the United States. The TR100 were honored at Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference Sept. 24-25 at MIT.

Last year’s TR100 included three Whitaker investigators. The first TR100 members were named in 1999 and included two Whitaker investigators.

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Here is the Technology Review article, including the TR100 for 2003.