page_title: Nature's 10
section_title: 2016
hierarchical_section_title: Nature's 10 / 2016
caption_attribution_description: English: Alexandra Elbakyan on conference in Harvard
context_page_description: Nature's 10 is an annual listicle of ten "people who mattered" in science, produced by the scientific journal Nature. Nominees have made a significant impact in science either for good or for bad. Reporters and editorial staff at Nature judge nominees to have had "a significant impact on the world, or their position in the world may have had an important impact on science". Short biographical profiles describe the people behind some of the year's most important discoveries and events. Alongside the ten, five "ones to watch" for the following year are also listed.
context_section_description: 2016 awardees included:
  Gabriela Gonzalez: Gravity spy
  Demis Hassabis: Mind crafter
  Terry Hughes: Reef sentinel
  Guus Velders: Cooling agent
  Celina M. Turchi: Zika detective
  Alexandra Elbakyan: Paper pirate
  John J. Zhang: Fertility rebel
  Kevin Esvelt: CRISPR cautionary
  Guillem Anglada-Escudé: Planet hunter
  Elena Long: Diversity trailblazer
  Ones to watch in 2017:
  Cori Bargmann, Science president, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  Robert Feidenhans’l, Chairman, European XFEL
  Jef Boeke, Co-leader, Human Genome Project–Write
  Wu Weiren, Chief Designer, China Lunar Programme
  Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences
caption: Alexandra Elbakyan was nominated in 2016 for her work on Sci-Hub
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