Matt Stremlau, the author of the Science magazine's grand-prize-winning essay received his B.S. in chemistry from Haverford College. After graduation, he spent 1 year as a Henry Luce Fellow at the National Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology in Beijing, China, before beginning graduate studies at Harvard University. The essay describes Dr. Stremlau's investigation of retroviral restriction in nonhuman primates in Dr. Joe Sodroski's laboratory.
Stremlau currently works in the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator's Office at the State Department as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Dr. Stremlau plans to start a postdoctoral fellowship in 2008 and is interested in emerging biotechnologies relevant to the developing world.
Comment: I had the good fortune to work with the AAAS Fellowship programs and with many fellows for more about 15 years. I am glad to see that the new class is living up to the high standards set by earlier fellows. But the important point is that the Fellowship attracts people of Dr. Stremlau's caliber to the foreign assistance program, makes their expertise available to the government, and is often a career changing experience. leading the fellows to a lifelong program of helping people in developing nations. JAD
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