very year, our newsroom selects 35 young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors who we believe are worth watching in the years to come. They have already made notable progress early in their careers and are emerging leaders in their fields. In this package, we recognize their accomplishments and look ahead to the important work that’s still before them as they confront some of the world’s biggest problems, including human disease and climate change. This year’s class hails from nine countries and was selected from more than 500 nominations with the help of several dozen expert judges. Through ingenuity and persistence, they’re already making their mark. Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu Biotechnology This geneticist’s age-reversal tech could help restore sight Read more Hannah Earley Computing & robotics This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy) Read more Laureen Meroueh Climate change & energy This founder is making cheaper, cleaner steel. Read more Danijar Hafner Artificial Intelligence This entrepreneur is developing agents that can plan ahead. Read more How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineersHere’s what we looked for as we sifted through 550 nominations from around the world. Subscribe to save 17% and unlock full list access Learn about the game-changing innovators that are driving meaningful progress in AI, climate tech, biotech, space and more Pieter AbbeelProfessor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley; Director, Berkeley Robot Learning Lab Omar AbudayyehAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Tyler AllenResearch Program Leader, Duke University School of Medicine Anna BlakneyAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia Yet-Ming Chiang Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Vivian ChuCTO and Cofounder, Diligent Robotics Connor ColeyWarren K. Lewis Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT James CollinsTermeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, MIT James DahlmanMcCamish Foundation Early Career Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory School of Medicine César de la Fuente Presidential Associate Professor and Director, Machine Biology Group, University of Pennsylvania Priya DontiAssistant Professor and Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Oren EtzioniProfessor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Washington, and Founding CEO, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Rose FaghihAssociate Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Chengcheng FangAssistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University David FattalFounder and CTO, Leia Javier García-MartínezDirector, Molecular Nanotechnology Lab, University of Alicante Marzyeh GhassemiAssociate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Julia GreerRuben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics, and Medical Engineering, Caltech Grace GuAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Zhen GuProfessor of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles Ilan GurFounding CEO, Advanced Research and Invention Agency Guosong HongAssistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University Patrick Hsu Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Cofounder, Arc Institute Shinjini KunduAssistant Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine Sharon LiAssociate Professor of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison Tongchao LiuChemist, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory Marc Miskin Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Margaret Mitchell Researcher and Chief Ethics Scientist, Hugging Face Leila PirhajiDirector, Generative AI Foundation, Genentech Ritu RamanEugene Bell Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT John RogersLouis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Nabiha SaklayenCEO and Cofounder, Cellino Costa SamarasDirector, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, and Trustee Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Kelly SandersProfessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California Kathleen SiminyuResearcher, Distributed AI Research Institute Mona SloaneAssistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies, University of Virginia Humsa VenkateshAssistant Professor of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Venkat ViswanathanProfessor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan Cyrus WadiaCEO, Activate William WoodfordCofounder and CTO, Form Energy Quansan YangAssistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington Jackie YingA*STAR Senior Fellow, NanoBio Lab Xu ZhangAssociate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Ben ZhaoNeubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago Credits Lead editor: Amy NordrumEditing: Rachel Courtland, Casey Crownhart, Niall Firth, Mary Beth Griggs, Mat Honan, Corinne Iozzio, Charlotte Jee, Amy Nordrum, David Rotman, Amanda Silverman Managing editor: Teresa ElseyCopy editing: Linda Lowenthal, Sara Shay, Jeanne WashingtonFact checking: Jeanette Beebe, Taylor Kate Brown, Lauren Colella, Fernanda Ferreira, Sara Hashemi, Kelsey Lannin, Marlowe StarlingEngagement: Abby Ivory-GanjaVideo: Juliet BeauchampWeb production: J. 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