2004 Photomicrography Competition
Top 20
Honorable Mentions
Judges
Ellis Rubinstein
President and CEO
New York Academy of Sciences

Mr. Rubinstein is President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences. He was previously with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where he served as Editor of Science magazine from 1993-2002. Prior to Science, Mr. Rubinstein was Editor of The Scientist; a Senior Editor at Newsweek; and Managing Editor of Science 86 and IEEE Spectrum.
His signal achievement was a Newsweek cover package entitled “The Search for Adam and Eve,” the first general public description of the then novel DNA-tracing of the origins of modern humans in Africa.
Mr. Rubinstein has written several award winning articles including the most complete investigative report of the nuclear power accident at Three Mile Island—the lead article in a special issue he also edited that won a National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent to a Pulitzer Prize.
Edward (Ted) Salmon, Ph.D.
James Larkin/Iona Mae Shugard Ballou Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael Peres
Chairman of the Biomedical Photographic Communications Department
Rochester Institute of Technology

Chairman of the Biomedical Photographic Communications department at the Rochester Institute of Technology for more than 16 years, Michael Peres is also a Professor in the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences and specializes in photomicrography and biomedical photography.
Mr. Peres has authored numerous publications, presented more than 100 oral papers and conducted imaging workshops all over the world on topics such as digital imaging using the light microscope and the production of QuickTime® VR movies.
He has been a member of Bio-Communications Association for 27 years and a member of the Ophthalmic Photographer’s Society. Mr. Peres was a 2003 recipient of the RIT Eisenhart outstanding faculty award, an award given for outstanding teaching at the University. He also is a past Small World competition winner, placing 12th in 1989.
Michael W. Davidson
Director, Optical and Magneto-Optical Imaging Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Florida State University

Michael Davidson is Director of the Optical and Magneto-Optical Imaging Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University. Involved with various aspects of microscopy for over 25 years, Mr. Davidson’s scientific research includes the packaging of DNA into virus heads, liquid crystallinity in biological systems, and the adsorption of small liquid crystal molecules onto surfaces.
Mr. Davidson has authored many scientific articles on the subject of photomicrography. His photomicrographs have been published in more than a thousand national and international scientific journals, popular magazines and newspapers. Before becoming a judge, Mr. Davidson previously won two top ten Small World awards, placing 9th in both 1987 and 1990.