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Elizabeth Strychalski Honored as Outstanding Young Scientist
The Outstanding Young Scientist award program was established in 1959 to recognize and celebrate extraordinary contributions of young Maryland scientists. The award is sponsored by the Maryland Academy of Sciences and conferred by the Maryland Science Center to recognize and encourage the important work of young professional scientists and engineers residing in the State of Maryland and increase public awareness of their accomplishments. The Outstanding Young Scientist award was endowed in 2011 by a generous gift to the Maryland Academy of Sciences by Reverend Frank R. Haig, S.J., Ph.D., past chairman of our Scientific Council, from the estate of his brother, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Haig was a West Point graduate and four-star general, with a keen interest in applied science. The award is given in General Haig’s name.
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Elizabeth was nominated for her outstanding scientific talent, technical vision and leadership in the field of engineering biology. She has published important contributions to fields spanning nanotechnology, synthetic biology, statistical mechanics, and analytical chemistry, and has established herself as a thought leader in the emerging field of engineering biology. While serving on detail as a program manager at DARPA, she successfully led programs at the intersection of biology, nanotechnology, and control engineering, with over $100 million in annual budget and deepened her interactions with many of the field’s most important technology developers and policy makers.