Purnima Ratilal, a young scientist associated with the Gulf of Maine Area field program of the Census of Marine Life, has earned one of the 2007 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent scientific research careers. Ratilal received the honor at a White House ceremony on December 19, 2008. Her work involves using acoustics to improve very large scale synoptic surveys of marine life.  Professor Ratilal works with Northeastern University's Laboratory for Acoustics and Remote Sensing (L.A.R.S.).

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