Rakesh K. Jain
Rakesh K. Jain, an Indian American professor, has been bestowed with the 2015 National Medal of Science of the United States. He will be presented the award along with 16 other winners by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony in January 2016. Currently, Mr. Jain is working as professor at Harvard Medical School and also is the director of tumour biology laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is regarded as a pioneer in the area of tumour micro-environment and widely recognized for his seminal discoveries in tumor biology, in vivo imaging, bioengineering, drug delivery and bench-to-bedside translation. The National Medal of Science is an honour bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioural and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.