UW-Madison scientist Dave Pagliarini has been selected by Pres. Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Pagliarini, associate professor of biochemistry and director of metabolism at the Morgridge Institute for Research, is one of 105 recipients of the award this year, given annually to scientists who "show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge in the 21st century," the university said on Tuesday.