24 New MacArthur Fellows: 13 men and 11 women — Now so-called “Geniuses”
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
Meet the 2013 MacArthur Fellows
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Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham/Abraham.in.Motion
New York, NY
Age: 36
Choreographer and Dancerexploring the relationship between identity and personal history through a unique hybrid of traditional and informal dance styles. -
Donald Antrim
Columbia University
New York, NY
Age: 55
Writercomposing works of fiction and nonfiction that are characterized by tightly controlled prose juxtaposed with absurd and surreal events. -
Organic Chemistinventing efficient, scalable, and environmentally sound methods for recreating in the laboratory natural products with potential pharmaceutical applications. -
C. Kevin Boyce
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Age: 39
Paleobotanistestablishing links between ancient plant remains and present-day ecosystems through a pioneering and integrative approach to evolutionary plant biology. -
Jeffrey Brenner
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
Camden, NJ
Age: 44
Primary Care Physiciancreating a comprehensive health care delivery model that addresses the medical and social service needs of high-risk patients in impoverished communities. -
Colin Camerer
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Age: 53
Behavioral Economistexpanding our knowledge of individual behavior and challenging models of human interaction that form the basis of classic economic theory. -
Jeremy Denk
New York, NY
Age: 43
Pianist and Writerengaging listeners and readers in a deeper appreciation of classical music through unmatched musical ability paired with an unusual eloquence with words. -
Angela Duckworth
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Age: 43
Research Psychologisttransforming our understanding of the roles that grit and self-control play in educational achievement. -
Craig Fennie
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Age: 40
Materials Scientistdesigning new materials, atom by atom, that have electrical, magnetic, and optical properties desirable for electronics and improved communication technology. -
Robin Fleming
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Age: 57
Medieval Historiandrawing on archaeological and textual sources to provide fresh insight into the social, economic, and cultural lives of inhabitants of late Roman and medieval Britain. -
Carl Haber
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Age: 54
Audio Preservationistdeveloping new technologies for the preservation of rare, damaged, and deteriorating sound recordings of immense value to our cultural heritage. -
Vijay Iyer
New York, NY
Age: 41
Jazz Pianist and Composerforging a new conception of the practice of American music in compositions for his ensembles, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and scholarly work. -
Dina Katabi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Age: 42
Computer Scientistworking at the interface of computer science and electrical engineering to improve the speed, reliability, and security of data exchange, particularly in wireless networks. -
Julie Livingston
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Age: 46
Public Health Historian and Anthropologistcombining archival research and ethnographic observation to illuminate largely ignored crises of care in both the developing and developed world. -
David Lobell
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Age: 34
Agricultural Ecologistunearthing richly informative, but often underutilized, sources of data to investigate the impact of climate change on crop production and global food security. -
Tarell McCraney
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
Age: 32
Playwrightevoking a sense of our shared humanity in works that explore the diversity of the African American experience and imbue the lives of ordinary people with epic significance. -
Susan Murphy
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Age: 55
Statisticiantranslating statistical theory into powerful tools for evaluating and customizing treatment regimens for individuals coping with chronic or relapsing disorders. -
Sheila Nirenberg
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Neuroscientistinvestigating fundamental questions about the nervous system and developing new kinds of prosthetic devices and robots. -
Alexei Ratmansky
American Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
Age: 45
Choreographerrevitalizing classical ballet with a distinctive style that honors the past while infusing a modern sensibility to interpretations of the standard repertoire as well as his own works. -
Ana Maria Rey
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Age: 36
Atomic Physicistadvancing our ability to simulate, manipulate, and control novel states of matter through fundamental conceptual research on ultra-cold atoms. -
Karen Russell
New York, NY
Age: 32
Fiction Writerblending fantastical elements with psychological realism to construct wildly imaginative settings and characters in tales of transformation and redemption. -
Sara Seager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Age: 42
Astrophysicistadapting fundamental maxims of existing planetary science to create a comprehensive theoretical framework for determining the characteristics of planets beyond our solar system. -
Margaret Stock
Cascadia Cross Border Law
Anchorage, AK
Age: 51
Immigration Lawyerfinding solutions to complex immigration issues faced by military personnel and contributing to policy debates about the role of a healthy immigration system in ensuring national security. -
Carrie Mae Weems
Syracuse, NY
Age: 60
Photographer and Video Artistexamining the legacy of African American identity, class, and culture in cinéma vérité–style works that incorporate elements of folklore, multimedia collage, and experimental printing methods.
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The MacArthur Foundation, which gives out fellowship awards each year to winners who work in science, music and the arts, and journalism, among other fields. The fellowship comes with a five-year, “no-strings-attached” $500,000 stipend, which the foundation now says it is increasing to $625,000, the Associated Press reports.
“We looked at many benchmarks and decided it was time to make an adjustment,” Cecilia Conrad, vice president of the MacArthur Fellows Program, told the AP. She adds that the grant needed to account for inflation. The amount of the grant was last changed in 2000.
The Foundation also asked past fellows about how receiving the award affected their work and lives, with 93 percent reporting that it made them more financially stable and 88 percent said it gave them more opportunities to be creative. A small portion, about 8 percent, said that they had less time personal or family time after receiving the award, and some asked for advice on coping with newfound visibility after winning the genius grant.
This year’s crop of MacArthur fellows includes a paleobotanist, a statistician, and a neuroscientist as well as other scientists and writers and artists, according to the MacArthur Foundationthat gives out the fellowships. These 13 men and 11 women — now so-called “Geniuses” — will receive a stipend of $625,000 over five years, an award that was recently upped to keep pace with inflation.
“It was amazing to me,” new fellow and dancer-choreographer Kyle Abraham tells the New York Times about receiving his phone call from he foundation. “It was a shock. I was laughing about it; I was crying about it, it was so overwhelming. I’ve been trying to figure out how to pay off my student loans to this day.”
Among the two dozen recipients are Kevin Boyce, a paleobotanist at Stanford University, who studies ancient and modern plants in an effort to understand how climate change may affect ecosystems; statistician Susan Murphy at the University of Michigan, who is developing a method to evaluate adaptive treatments for people with chronic or relapsing disorders like addiction or depression; and Sheila Nirenberg, a neuroscientist at Weill Cornell Medical College, who is studying how the brain processes visual information and ways to restore sight.
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