2017 Rigel Humanitarian STAR Award Nominees
HEALTH AND MEDICAL
Angelo Capozzi, MD
Rounder and Medical Director of Rotoplast International
Nominated by: Robert Fennel, MD, Rotary Club of Altadena
Mark E. Davis, Ph.D.
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, Caltech; City of Hope Comprehensive Canter Center, Experimental Therapeutics Program.
Nominated by: Sandra Ell, Investment Consultant; Chief Investment Officer Emeritus, Caltech
Jack Lloyd
Chairman Bioengineering Industrial Advisory Board at Berkeley
Nominated by: Reid Rubsamen, MD, President of FlowPharma
Richard Myers, Ph.D.
President, Science Director and Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Nominated by: Todd May, Director at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
NexleafAnalytics ColdTrace Team
Martin Lukac, Shahrzad Yavari, and Anita Sircar
Nominated by: Deborah Estrin Ph.D., Associate Dean at Cornell Tech
Kimberly A. Shriner, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Director, Founder, The Phil Simon Clinic
Albert Waldo, M.D., Ph.D.
The Walter H, Pritchard Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve
Nominated by: Mark Carlson, M.D., Abbott Division Vice President, and Chief Medical Officer
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
Robert C. “Bud” Bishop Ph.D, M.B.A.
President of the Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator
Nominated by: Patric Sislian, Co-Founder and Ceo of Deton
Nagin Cox
Tactical Mission Lead on the Curiosity Rover NASA JPL STEM speaker for the US State Department
Nominated by: Glenn Demichele, Director of Engineering at Sigenics, Inc.
Allan Y. Lee Ph.D
Aeronautics and Astronautics at NASA JPL
Nominated by: Edward Wong Ph.D, Principal Engineer at JPL
Titanium Robotics Team
Nominated by: Jeff Hamilton CPA, Senior Engineer at JPL
Denise McCain – Tharnstrom, Ph.D
Executive Director – Our Children LA
Nominated by: Jeff Hamilton CPA
Jeff and Karen Weigel
Water and Sanitation Upgrade Program for the island of Fiji
Nominated by Bill Paul, Past- President at Landmark Wisdom Unleashed
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
Frances H. Arnold, PH.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center
Nominated by: Sandra Ell, Investment Consultant; Chief Investment Officer Emeritus, Caltech
William C. Patzert PH.D.
Research Scientist, NASA JPL
Nominated by: Gene Goss, Sierra Madre City Councilman
Mark Minie PH.D.
Founder of BioSpherics Working Group
Nominated by: Richard Gayle. President of SpreadingScience
DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY
Sam Bloch
Founder of Communitere International
Nominated by: Michael Budincich
Jim Lux
Telecommunications Specialist V at JPL
Nominated by: Mazen Shihabi PH.D. NASA JPL
Anna Stork, Andrea Sreshta and Mark Cuban
LuminAID Founders and Partners
Nominated by: William White, M.D.
Stephen Turner
NASA Emergency Management Specialist – Michoud Assembly Facility
Nominated by: Todd May, Director at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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