Nadya Mason: From Pirouettes to Carbon Nanotubes
In 1986, Nadya Mason competed as a gymnast in Houston, training with the legendary Bela Karolyi as a member of the U.S. National Team, hoping to make it to the Olympics. She never did. But, 23 years later, as Doctor Nadya Mason, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she did win the Microsoft-sponsored 2009 Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award. Apparently still in motion, Mason has become somewhat of a celebrity within both scientific and humanitarian circles.
