Bette Korber
American computational biologist
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| 2021 | Received the Los Alamos Medal for changing the course of science. |
| February 2020 | Korber and Los Alamos colleagues identified a significant Spike protein mutation (D614G) in SARS-CoV-2, which was initially controversial but later validated as improving viral replication and transmission efficiency. |
| 2019 | Led a series of lectures called Frontiers in Science, focusing on her work designing a vaccine against HIV. |
| 2019 | Named Inventor of the Year by Battelle, with the award presented in Columbus, Ohio. |
| 2018 | Awarded R&D Magazine Scientist of the Year. |
| 2018 | Received the Feynman Award for Innovation, becoming the first woman at Los Alamos National Laboratory to receive this prestigious award. She reflected on her personal connection to Richard Feynman from her time at Caltech. |
| 2017 | Korber and her collaborators launched a human efficiency test of their mosaic vaccine, vaccinating 2,600 women in Sub-Saharan Africa to evaluate the vaccine's potential to interfere with HIV infection. |
| 2014 | Selected to Thomson Reuters Corporation's 100 Most Influential Minds of the Decade. |
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