17 members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences are among the most influential researchers in the world, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list from Clarivate.
The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant and broad impact in their field(s) as measured by citations of their work by their peers during the last decade. Their publications rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index. The Clarivate website states that, “Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000.”
David Baker; Professor of Biochemistry, Director of Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
Jesse Bloom; Professor and Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and HHMI
William A. Catterall; Professor of Pharmacology, University of Washington
Evan Eichler; Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Janet Jansson; Chief Scientist for Biology & Lab Fellow, retired Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Christof Koch, Chief Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Lai-yung “Ruby” Leung; Battelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yuehe Lin, Ph.D., Professor, Washington State University
Christopher J. L. Murray; Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and Professor of Global Health, University of Washington
Phil Rasch; Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist for Climate Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jay Shendure; Investigator, HHMI, and Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Juming Tang; Distinguished Chair of Food Engineering, Washington State University
Matthias Troyer; Technical Fellow, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
Chongmin Wang; Laboratory Fellow, Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yong Wang; Laboratory Fellow and Associate Director, Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jie Xiao; Battelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hongkui Zeng; Executive Vice President and Director, Allen Institute for Brain Science
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