Michael and Kate Bárány Award

The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, "recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor."^[1] The award was established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Award and renamed in 1998, when it was endowed by Michael Bárány^[2] and Kate Bárány.^[3][4] The Báránys were survivors of The Holocaust who went on to become leading researchers in muscle contraction.^[2][3]

Michael and Kate Bárány Award
Awarded for	“outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor”[1]
Sponsored by	Biophysical Society
Location	Rockville, Maryland
Country	United States
Reward(s)	$2,000
First award	1992
Website	www.biophysics.org/awards-funding/society-awards

Michael and Kate Bárány Award Laureates

As of 2025, laureates of the award have included:

• 2025: Hernan G. Garcia^[5]

• 2024: Julia Mahamid^[6]

• 2023: Jeanne C. Stachowiak^[7]

• 2022: Suckjoon Jun^[8]

• 2021: Tanja Mittag^[9]

• 2020: Clifford Brangwynne^[10]

• 2019: Elizabeth Rhoades^[11]

• 2018: Bianxiao Cui^[12]

• 2017: Ahmet Yildiz^[13]

• 2016: Olga Boudker^[14]

• 2015: Sarah Teichmann^[15]

• 2014: Miriam Goodman

• 2013: Patricia Clark^[16]

• 2012: Vijay S. Pande

• 2011: Charalampos Kalodimos^[17]

• 2010: Mark J. Schnitzer

• 2009: Gaudenz M. Danuser

• 2008: Sergei I. Sukharev

• 2007: Taekjip Ha

• 2006: Anne-Frances Miller

• 2005: Vincent Hilser

• 2004: Paul R. Selvin

• 2003: Patricia Jennings

• 2002: William Zagotta

• 2001: Shimon Weiss

• 2000: Elizabeth A. Komives

• 1999: Gaetano T. Montelione

• 1998: Winfried Denk

• 1997: Donald W. Hilgemann

• 1996: David P. Corey

• 1995: Roderick MacKinnon

• 1994: Steven Block

• 1993: Ronald Vale

• 1992: Richard W. Aldrich