For Hopkins Astronomer And 24 Others, The Stars Align

Regina Benjamin, 51, rural family physician, Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Kirsten Bomblies, 34, molecular biologist, Tubingen, Germany.

Tara Donovan, 38, sculptor, New York.

Wafaa El-Sadr, 58, infectious disease specialist, New York.

Andrea Ghez, 43, astronomer, Los Angeles.

Stephen Houston, 49, anthropologist, archaeologist and epigrapher, Providence, R.I.

Mary Jackson, 63, fiber artist, Charleston, S.C.

Leila Josefowicz, 30, violinist, New York.

Alexei Kitaev, 45, physicist, Pasadena, Calif.

Walter Kitundu, 35, multimedia artist, San Francisco.

Susan Mango, 47, biologist, Salt Lake City.

Diane Meier, 56, geriatrician, New York.

David Montgomery, 46, geomorphologist, Seattle.

John Ochsendorf, 34, structural engineer and architectural historian, Cambridge, Mass.

Peter Pronovost, 43, critical care physician, Baltimore.

Adam Riess, 38, astronomer, Baltimore.

Alex Ross, 40, music critic, New York.

Nancy Siraisi, 76, historian of medicine, New York.

Marin Soljacic, 34, theoretical physicist, Cambridge.

Sally Temple, 49, developmental neuroscientists, Albany, N.Y.

Jennifer Tipton, 71, stage lighting designer, New York.

Rachel Wilson, 34, neurobiologist, Boston.

Miguel Zenón, 31, saxophonist, New York.