Kateryna Zhalnina, a research scientist in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division, was recognized for Early Career Scientific Achievement. She was cited for advancing methods to interrogate plant-microbe metabolic exchanges and demonstrating the role of plant root exudation in assembling and controlling rhizosphere microbiome composition and function.

Jonelle Tamara Basso, a research scientist at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), was recognized for Mentorship. She was cited for dedicated advocacy for diversity, impactful professional development of early-career scientists, and proactive leadership in fostering collaborative scientific communities and operational excellence.

JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan was recognized for Organizational Impact. She was cited for extraordinary efforts in breaking down cross-organizational barriers, creating computational and data-sharing efficiencies, integrating and maximizing the value of diverse resources, and bringing DOE infrastructure into a new era of big data and artificial intelligence in biological research.

Graham Fleming, formerly a senior faculty scientist, now a retiree affiliate in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, was recognized for Scientific Achievement. He was cited for developing advanced multidimensional and ultrafast spectroscopy and applying it to study light-matter interactions in photosynthetic and photocatalytic systems. As his nominator noted, Fleming has dramatically expanded biophysical sciences at Berkeley Lab and demonstrated the importance of quantum coherence in biology.

Bruce Cohen, a staff scientist at the Molecular Foundry and secondary affiliate in MBIB, also was recognized, along with Molecular Foundry colleague Emory Chan, for Scientific Achievement. The pair was cited for the discovery and development of avalanching nanoparticles, a new material with remarkable properties and far-ranging applications from nanoscale imaging to information science.