Congrats to Andrea Sweigart who has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the highest honor given to scientists by the US Government in the early stages of their independent careers. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/09/president-obama-honors-federally-funded-early-career-scientists http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-genetics-faculty-member-honored-with-presidential-early-career-awa/
