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US DHS CIS
Vermont Service Center
30 Houghton Street
St. Albans, VT 05478
Re:
Ms.
Dear Sir or Madam:
O-1 Visa Application
My name is Martin Nowak and I am a professor of Mathematics and of Biology at
Harvard University, and the director of Harvard's Program for Evolutionary dynamics.
"Evolutionary dynamics" is the study of the fundamental mathematical principles that guide
evolution. The Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED) at Harvard University was
established in 2003 and is dedicated to research and teaching.
Our current research topics include: evolution of cooperation, cancer, viruses,
evolutionary game/graph/set theory, prelife, protocells, eusociality, evolution of construction,
population structure, evolution of language, experimental games, and evolutionary
economics. Our ambitious goals include curing the world of cancer, infectious disease,
selfishness, and inclusive fitness theory.
First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Enhanced Education
Foundation for its generous and timely charitable contributions to the Program for
Evolutionary Dynamics (PED). These contributions enabled me and those I work with at
PED to further our research goals, which include curing the world of cancer and infectious
diseases and expanding our research in fundamental questions of biology. For this, we cannot
thank Ms.1[
enough. She was the lead for Enhanced Education in raising
funds for ED, and, she is a fund-raising wizard.
Ms.
is also an organizational and public relations wizard. There are many
event organizers an public relations professionals. What sets Ms.
apart is her
intelligence and her understanding of very abstract issues and science: A highly educated
and intelligent person fluent in several languages, Ms.
quickly understood the
fundamentals of PED during her fundraising efforts. This is no small feat—what we work on
is very, very complex, and oftentimes abstract science. But, Ms.
quickly grasped
the fundamentals of our work and its importance, and, put her organizational and public
relations skills to use, fostering and promoting our work.
Our work is multidisciplinary—all basic sciences, mathematics, linguistics, sociology,
engineering, medicine and everything in between is involved. Because she understood what
we were doing, and because she gained the respect of many leading scientists and institutions
of the United States through her work with Enhanced Education, she worked hard for
establishing a bridge between our neighbor MIT and the PED.
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Through her assistance, coordination, and organization, we brought in Joi Ito, the
Director of the MIT Media Labs and a board member of Sony Corporation, The New York
Times Company, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation; Noam Chomsky, the legendary MIT linguistics professor described
as "the father of modem linguistics", and a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the
founders of the field of cognitive science; Danny Hillis, the American inventor, engineer,
mathematician, entrepreneur, and author, who co-founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a
company that developed the Connection Machine, a parallel supercomputer designed by
Hillis at MIT; and Seth Lloyd, principal investigator at the MIT Research Laboratory of
Electronics, and the director of MIT's Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory, to
our dialogue at the PED. Ms.
was the lead, and a true force of nature, in
organizing and setting up meetings, and fostering these relationships.
I am sincerely looking forward to our continued work with Ms.
and
Enhanced Education. I am also aware that Ms.
is now focusing on the the
Education Advance Foundation, dedicated to promoting and fostering STEM education in the
United States and assisting disadvantaged students interested in STEM fields with
standardized test preparation. Promoting and increasing STEM education in the US is a
crucial mission and a drastic necessity. Therefore, I am looking forward to Ms.
work with Education Advance. Knowing her capabilities and extraordinary skills, I believe
she will continue contributing to the US education and academia.
Sincerely,
Martin A. Nowak,
Professor of Mathematics and of Biology
Harvard University
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