Here's a little nugget for the "She only got it because she's a girl" crowd to feed on. Anyway, I wonder if her 5 years of funding is portable?
--Anonymous
Martinez recognized by White House for achievement
By James E. Rickman, The LANL NewsBulletinJennifer S. Martinez of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) has received a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award, presented to Martinez last Friday at the White House, is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists early in their careers.
Martinez was one of eight researchers funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration to be recognized. Martinez is one of 68 researchers supported by nine federal departments and agencies to receive the award.
Each PECASE recipient receives up to five years’ funding from their respective agency to advance his or her research. Martinez received her award from John Marburger, science advisor to President George W. Bush and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Scientific disciplines represented among award recipients ranged from computational biology to atomic, molecular, and optical science.
In addition to her work using biomolecular recognition strategies to template, solubilize and assemble nanomaterials, Martinez has been active in development of biosensors that could have applications in medical diagnostics as well as in detection of biological threat agents. She also has been active in mentoring postdoctoral scientists, an activity for which she recently received an award from the Laboratory. Her work has been published in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Langmuir. She actively works with visiting researchers and collaborators at the CINT, which is one of several DOE national user facilities focused on nanotechnology research.
Martinez’s achievements cited in the PECASE award were funded by the DOE Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
“Jen’s career and research is exemplary, and we are extremely pleased that she is a role model for numerous emerging scientists here at the Laboratory,” said John Sarrao, director of the Laboratory’s Office of Science Program. “We congratulate Jen on her outstanding contributions to science, and her inspiring mentorship activities. Her career at Los Alamos thus far has been truly inspirational.”
21 comments:
Excellent achievement. I hope this bright young woman is smart enough to take the funding and go to a university.
Truly, I admire anyone who can accomplish anything at LANL under LANS. Good for her.
Somehow, she will have to be punished for this. In order to make such an achievement she must have missed a lot of meetings and cheated on the on-line training!
I'll be happy to rise to the bait!
I point out the example of F. (France) Cordova, not long ago a LANL physicist, who changed back to her maiden name, for some reason, and saw her career move into very high gear. (Cordova, in her case, is a Spanish name and did not qualify her as a Hispanic.) In a dizzying succession of promotions, she is now President of Purdue University.
Interesting that she doesn't mention her time at LANL in her bio.
She's been a TSM since 2002.
I know someone who was Riffed just before the rapid deterioration of the lab. I think that he considers it an honor.
just run her name on ISI web of Knowledge, you'll see how many papers she has published. she cites work done mostly as a PhD, nothing impressive at LANL. With an h-index of 7 (7 papers cited at least 7 times, each, most entry level postdocs have this) I think the award was given to her because of mentoring rather than scientific achievements (close to none).
Jen, get out of LANL now while you can. Take your funding and head to academe. Anyone who starts to get too much outside recognition there will get punished by the mid and upper level managers. Remember Paul Ginsparg? MacArthur genius award winner, beaten up by LANL management and DOE, fled to Cornell University. Lots of other examples too.
I don't think the LANL Library has a subscription to the ISI Web of Knowledge, just the crappy Oppie search tool. So, 9:25, would you be so kind as to run the h-index of the other DOE recipients? I came to LANL with Director's funding more than a decade ago, and I certainly did NOT have an h-index of 7 as an entry-level postdoc.
3:43 PM - ditto! Remember MyHang Huynh also a MacArthur award winner as well as an E.O Lawrence award winner. The first chemist at the Lab to ever be bestowed such a distinction and the Lab management got rid of her.
12/25/08 6:52 PM wrote "She's been a TSM since 2002."
Really. And what has she done over the last 6-7 years in her INDEPENDENR career as a TSM that has garnered the all-mighty her career has been "inspirational" from John Sarrao? Seriously, this girl - and I mean girl - is the best LANL has to offer?
Really. And what has she done over the last 6-7 years in herINDEPENDENR career as a TSM that has garnered the all-mighty her career has been "inspirational" from John Sarrao? Seriously, this girl - and I mean girl - is the best LANL has to offer?
12/28/08 2:21 PM
The same crap from you again? What have you done in your career, seriously? What awards have you ever won, seriously?
Perhaps the h-index is not an appropriate measure of success in her field.
"and I mean girl"
Photo and bio indicate she's an adult. What are you trying to convey?
For Christ's sake. Everytime a woman at LANL wins an award, some asshole has to post with an attempt to discredit her achievement. Why can't we just celebrate these awards and acknowledge that there are still TSMs left who are doing quality science?!
I believe h-index is for the real world, LANL must have their own index quantifying a researcher's output. male or female.
That's a fantastic picture of Jen Martinez. She has a glow about her in that photo, almost like someone who is high on some really good drugs (just kidding, I'm sure she's been piss tested just like the rest of us here in the prison camp).
It's good to see that at least some scientists at LANL are doing well in their area of research.
I believe h-index is for the real world, LANL must have their own index quantifying a researcher's output. male or female.
Yes, if a senior manager likes you then you will win awards since someone up high needs to bless the submission of the nomination package. No blessing, no nomination, no matter how good you are ....
Great smile must count for something.
I guess Martinez it Toni Taylor's replacement for Sarrao.
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