microbes cause disease and inspiring mentorship for molecular pathogen sis. [ applause ] >> shirley ann jacksonapplause ] >> national medal of science to shirley ann jackson, new york. for her insightful work in condensed physics for science rooted public policy achievements and inspiration to the next generation of professionals in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. [ applause ] >> rakaesh jane. [ applause ] >> national medal of science, har vard medical school general hospital massachusetts for pioneering research at the interface of engineering and oncology including drug delivery, imaging and ground breaking discoveries of principals to the drugs for treatment of cancer and noncancerous diseases. [ applause ] >> mary claire king. [ applause ] >> national medal of science to mary claire king, university of washington, washington for pioneers contributions to human genetics, including discovery of the brca-1 gene for breast cancer and genetic matches for victims of human rights abuses with their families. [ applause ] >> simon asher lavin. [ applause ] >> national medal of

[applause] >> shirley ann jackson. [applause] >> national medal of science to shirley ann jackson, rensselaer polytechnic institute, new york, for her insightful work in condensed matter physics and particle physics, for her public policy achievements and for her inspiration to the next generation of professionals in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. [applause] >> rakesh k. jain. [applause] >> national medal of science to rakesh k. jain, harvard medical school and massachusetts general hospital, massachusetts, for pioneering research at the interface of engineering and oncology, including drug delivery and imaging and for groundbreaking discoveries for treatment of cancer and noancerous diseases. [applause] >> mary-claire king. [applause] >> national medal of science to mary-claire king, university of washington, washington. for pioneering contributions to human genetics, including the discovery of the brrca1 susceptability gene for breast cancer. [applause] >> simon asher levin. [applause] >> nation

just to take a couple of examples, shirley ann jackson, who is part of my science advisory group, grewp right here in washington, d.c. was a quiet childhood. her first homemade experiment collecting and ca herloging bumble bees in backyard. two events happened that would not only change our country's shirley's. in brown vs. board of education, the supreme court handed down a decision that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and the soviets launched sputnik up in the spaceparking race. as shirley put it, those two events in history changed my good.or she went on to become the first african-american to earn a in physics from m.i.t., the second woman to do so anywhere in america. and over the years, dr. jackson has revolutionized the way informs public policy from rethinking safety at our nuclear plants to training a new generation of scientists and engineers that looks more like the diverse and inclusive that she loves. and you have mark humayan, who emigrated to the united states ninehis family when he was years old. when his diabetic grandmother lost her vision, he b