The Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, is given to a woman who "holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research". It is "one of the top national honors" in biophysics. The award was established in 1984 in honor of Margaret Dayhoff, a biophysicist associated with the Biophysical Society and the National Biomedical Research Foundation.

Award recipients

Source: Biophysical Society

1984/85: Dagmar Ringe and Bonnie Ann Wallace

1985/86: Barbara A. Lewis

1986/87: Barbara E. Ehrlich

1987/88: Rachel E. Klevit

1988/89: Nancy L. Thompson

1989/90: Anne Walter

1990/91: Jeanne Rudzki Small

1991/92: Hazel M. Holden and Francine R. Smith

1992/93: Carol Vandenberg

1993/94: Jean S. Baum

1994/95: Hillary C. M. Nelson

1995/96: Lynne Regan

1996/97: Susan Marqusee

1997/98: Bonnie Anne Berger

1998/99: Judith R. Mourant

1999: Lydia Gregoret

2000/2001: Millie M. Georgiadis and Ka Yee Christina Lee

2002: Gina MacDonald

2003: Hao Wu

2004: Dorothee Kern

2005: Sarah Keller

2006: Anne Hinderliter

2007: Kalina Hristova

2008: Judith Klein-Seetharaman

2009: Teresa Giraldez, Adrienne L. Fairhall, and Jin Zhang

2010: Crina Nimigean and Maria Spies

2011: Diane Lidke

2012: Lucy R. Forrest

2013: Jennifer L. Ross and Katherine Henzler-Wildman

2014: Sarah Veatch

2015: Antonina Roll-Mecak

2016: Sophie Dumont and Polina Lishko

2017: Julie S. Biteen

2018: Carrie L. Partch

2019: Meytal Landau

2020: Valeria Vásquez

2021: Randy Stockbridge

2022: Gabriela Schlau-Cohen

2023: Elizabeth H. Kellogg

See also

List of biology awards

List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science

Prizes named after people

Notes

External links

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award page

Dayhoff Award, NLM

American science and technology awards

Awards established in 1984

Biophysics awards

Science awards honoring women

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award