<p>Princeton</a> University - Three Princeton scientists receive Presidential Award</p>
<p>The</a> White House - Press Office - President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists</p>
<p>"U.S. President Barack Obama has named three Princeton scientists as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the federal government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.</p>
<p>The awardees are: Joshua Breslau and Stefan Gerhardt, physicists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and Jason Petta, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics.</p>
<p>They are among 100 recipients who will receive their awards in the fall at a White House ceremony.</p>
<p>"These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our country," Obama said. "With their talent, creativity and dedication, I am confident that they will lead their fields in new breakthroughs and discoveries and help us use science and technology to lift up our nation and our world." . . . (continued)</p>
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<p>Princeton's physics department has a long and storied history. This recognition of the quality of the junior faculty and researchers is just the latest example.</p>
<p>This year, Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers were bestowed on 100 recipients at many different institutions. Princeton's three awards were the second highest in the country. The leading institutions were: </p>
<p>2009 Presidential Awards By Institution</p>
<p>4---Harvard, Penn State, UT Austin</p>
<p>3---Princeton, CalTech, MIT, Rutgers</p>
<p>2---Columbia, Cornell, Duke, JHU, Stanford, Texas A&M, U. of Florida, U. of Illinois,
U. of Kentucky, U. of Washington</p>
<p>Within the Ivy League, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown (1) and Penn (1) were all represented.</p>
<p>For those wishing to learn more about physics at Princeton see the following:</p>
<p>Physics</a> Department, Princeton University - Home</p>
<p>Princeton</a> University Graduate Program in Plasma Physics</p>