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Portrait of Mona Ghandi
2018 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Architecture

Mona Ghandi

Architect Born in Iran

Mona Ghandi receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Architecture for using data-driven design and biofeedback information to create responsively empathetic spaces.

Portrait of Houra Merrikh
2016 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Houra Merrikh

Microbiologist Born in Iran

Houra Merrikh receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for demonstrating how conflicts between life-sustaining cellular machines involved in genome duplication and gene expression can accelerate evolution.

Pardis Sabeti
2014 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Pardis Sabeti

Computational biologist Born in Iran

Pardis Sabeti receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge genome sequencing and bioinformatics tools to trace the origin and spread of deadly infectious diseases, including Ebola and Lassa fever, among others.

Yasaman Hashemian
2014 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design

Yasaman Hashemian

Game designer Born in Iran

Yasaman Hashemian receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design for her contributions to health-based projects, as a game and usability designer, data analyst, and game producer.