88R20840 BHH-D
By: A. Johnson of Harris H.R. No. 978
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden of Baylor College of Medicine
is being presented with the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in
Physical Sciences from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering,
Science and Technology in May 2023; and
WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually
recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential
role that science and technology play in society, and whose work
meets the highest standards of professional performance,
creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five
categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical
sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a
$25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's
annual conference; and
WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden is being recognized for his
groundbreaking research on genomic 3D structures, which may one day
lead to treating diseases by targeting dark matter within the body;
he is working to apply his findings in clinical settings with the
support of Baylor College of Medicine; and
WHEREAS, A leading biophysical scientist, Mr. Liberman Aiden
is an associate professor of molecular and human genetics, an
Emeritus McNair Scholar, and a member of the Dan L Duncan
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine; he has
further distinguished himself as an adjunct professor of computer
science and a senior scientist at the Center for Theoretical
Biological Physics at Rice University; he holds doctorates from
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
and
WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden's important research efforts
have made a lasting, positive impact in his field, and he is truly
deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Erez Lieberman Aiden on his receipt
of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Physical Sciences from the
Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and
extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Lieberman Aiden as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.