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2012 Winner - Service to America - Call to Service - Jacob Taylor

Jacob Taylor

Jacob Taylor of NIST is one of nine winners of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

Credit: Sam Kittner/Kittner.com

Came up with an original scientific theory that could lead to medical imaging in microscopic detail for better health care, while also developing innovative technology to allow greater quantities of data to speed across the Internet with less energy and at lower cost.

Created October 2, 2017