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Science, Research, and Medicine

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yesenia Garcia-Sifuentes
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
2
Rebecca K. Rechlin
University of British Columbia
3
Melanie Senior
Unknown
4
Asher Mullard
University of British Columbia
5
Janice Hopkins Tanne
New York Proton Center
6
Charles Piller
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
7
Cathleen O’Grady
University of Edinburgh
8
Katie Langin
Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)
9
Katrina Krämer
Queen Mary University of London
10
Dyna Rochmyaningsih
Danish School of Media and Journalism

Rising Stars Papers

1
Cancer-targeting antibody–drug conjugates drive dealmaking frenzy
Nature Biotechnology|2024
28 cit.
2
Fresh from the biotech pipeline: record-breaking FDA approvals
Nature Biotechnology|2024
25 cit.
3
FDA approves 100th small-molecule kinase inhibitor
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery|2025
24 cit.
4
Biotech financing: darkest before the dawn
Nature Biotechnology|2024
18 cit.
5
CAR-T therapy for multiple sclerosis enters US trials for first time
Nature|2024
16 cit.
6
Picture imperfect
Science|2024
14 cit.
7
Robert F Kennedy Jr pulls funding for mRNA vaccine research
BMJ|2025
14 cit.
8
Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes
BMJ|2025
13 cit.
9
Wegovy: FDA approves weight loss drug to cut cardiovascular risk
BMJ|2024
12 cit.
10
Precision radiation opens a new window on cancer therapy
Nature Biotechnology|2024
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Ray Kurzweil
Unknown
2
Rushikesh Sonawane
Unknown
3
Smriti Mallapaty
WaterNSW
4
Vladimir Aladinskiy
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
5
Francisca Vázquez
Broad Institute
6
Sarah Crowley Ikenberry
United States Food and Drug Administration
7
Steven J. Lemery
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
8
Mohit Kumar Jolly
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
9
Carole A. Federico
Innovative Research (United States)
10
Tyler Schwartz
Purdue University West Lafayette

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Where did Omicron come from? Three key theories
Nature|2022
172 cit.
2
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith|2025
97 cit.
3
China’s extreme weather challenges scientists trying to study it
Nature|2022
90 cit.
4
How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world
Nature|2025
89 cit.
5
Landscape of epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity as an emergent property of coordinated teams in regulatory networks
eLife|2022
77 cit.
6
First pig kidney transplant in a person: what it means for the future
Nature|2024
69 cit.
7
Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?
Nature|2022
57 cit.
8
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Nature|2025
50 cit.
9
First pig liver transplanted into a person lasts for 10 days
Nature|2024
46 cit.
10
The pathogens that could spark the next pandemic
Nature|2024
44 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Francis S. Collins
National Human Genome Research Institute
2
Michael A. Walters
University of Minnesota
3
Duanqing Pei
Westlake University
4
Michelle Ghert
University of Maryland, Baltimore
5
Leroy Hood
California Institute of Technology
6
Janine A. Clayton
National Institutes of Health
7
Marvin R. Natowicz
Cleveland Clinic
8
Alexandra Witze
Alexandra Hospital
9
Dan McKenzie
Department of Earth Sciences
10
Paul S. Knoepfler
University of California, Davis

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project
Nature|2007
5.3k cit.
2
Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|1978
3.9k cit.
3
Identification of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Chromosome Walking and Jumping
Science|1989
3.2k cit.
4
Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1989
3k cit.
5
The Volume and Composition of Melt Generated by Extension of the Lithosphere
Journal of Petrology|1988
2.9k cit.
6
Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region
Geophysical Journal International|1972
2.8k cit.
7
Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution
Nature|2004
2.2k cit.
8
Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
Nature|2003
2.2k cit.
9
Partial Melt Distributions from Inversion of Rare Earth Element Concentrations
Journal of Petrology|1991
2.1k cit.
10
Integrated Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of a Systematically Perturbed Metabolic Network
Science|2001
2.1k cit.

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