Congratulations to the 2007 Joshua E. Neimark Memorial Travel Assistance Endowment winners!

• Nastassia N. Jones has a master's of science degree in microbiology student at Southern Illinois University and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. degree in science education. Her research poster is titled: "The Analysis of Humic Substances (HS) as an Electron Donor in Soil Processes."

• Elizabeth M. Baden is a third year Ph.D. student in biomedical sciences at the Mayo Graduate School. Her research poster is titled: "Unraveling the Mysteries of Cardiac Light Chain Amyloidosis at Atomic Resolution."

• Yolanda A. Rankin is a doctoral candidate within the Department of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University. Her research poster it titled: "Time-Scaled 3D Visualizations of Multi-Variable Climate Phenomena."

About Joshua E. Neimark: Dr. Joshua E. Neimark was born in March 1931 in Sea Bright, New Jersey. He demonstrated extraordinary intelligence, but also was prone to serious respiratory disease. He completed public school with distinction, and received an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a master's degree from the California Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from MIT. He succumbed to illness in April, 1961, at the age of 30 and his doctoral dissertation was published posthumously. The award, established in his memory by his sister, Dr. Edith D. Neimark, is intended to assist young scientists in attaining a career in their chosen field, a goal that Joshua Neimark did not live to achieve.