[applause] >> simon asher levin. [applause] >> national medal of science to simon asher levin, princeton university, new jersey, for international leadership in environmental science, straddling ecology and applied mathematics to promote conservation, for his impact on a generation of environmental scientists and for his critical contributions to ecology, epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [applause] >> geraldine richmond. [applause] >> national medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon, for her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water surfaces, for her creative demonstration of how her findings impacted many technological processes and for her extraordinary efforts in the united states and around the globe to promote women in science. [applause] >> national medals of technology and innovation. joseph n. desimone. [applause] >> national medal of technology and innovation to joseph n. desimone, university of north carolina at chapel hill, north carolina sta

contributions to human genetics, including the brca1ery of the cancer.ble for breast [applause] >> simon asher levin[applause] medal of science to simon asher levin, princeton forersity, new jersey, international leadership in environmental science, appliedng ecology and mathematics to promote impact onon, for his a generation of environmental scientists and for his critical to epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [applause] >> geraldine richmond. [applause] medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon, for her landmark discovers of the molecular characteristics of surfaces, for her creative demonstration of how her impacted many technological processes and for s in theaordinary effort united states and around the globe to promote women in science. [applause] >> national medals of technology and innovation. joseph n. desimone. [applause] >> national medal of technology to joseph n.n desimone, university of north hill, northchapel carolina state university, for pioneering innovations in science that led to the development of technologies in diverse fields from andf