Professor Yen-Jie Lee received a 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The PECASE Awards are intended to recognize some of the finest scientists and engineers who, while early in their research careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge during the twenty-first century. The Awards foster innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, give recognition to the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research and national goals, and highlight the importance of science and technology for the nation’s future.
Yen-Jie was nominated by the Department of Energy, Office of Science “for innovative scientific leadership in the field of relativistic heavy ion nuclear physics investigating the energy loss of jets originating with charm and bottom quarks to determine the properties of the Quark Gluon Plasma”.
Yen-Jie was among the seven MIT faculties who won the PECASE awards this year. Congratulations to Yen-Jie!