Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Candidates

13 candidates

2025

Winner

Finalists

Anthony Waddle

Pritzker 2025 Finalist

Schmidt Science Fellow, Macquarie University

Nominated by Rascha Nuijten

Issue
Forests & Biodiversity
Country
United States
Region
North America

Seema Lokhandwala

Pritzker 2025 Finalist

Founder & Principal Investigator, Elephant Acoustics Project

Nominated by Erik Hoffner

Issue
Forests & Biodiversity
Country
India
Region
South Asia

Nominees

Chelsea Kirk

Pritzker 2025 Nominee

Director of Policy & Advocacy of Climate & the Built Environment, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

Nominated by Marta Segura

Issue
Built Environment
Country
United States
Region
North America

Jonathan Webb

Pritzker 2025 Nominee

Co-founder & CEO, The Nuclear Company

Nominated by Jeff Rosenthal

Issue
Clean Energy
Country
United States
Region
North America

Mason Grimshaw

Pritzker 2025 Nominee

Vice President of IndigiGenius, Co-Founder & Instructor of the Lakota AI Code Camp

Nominated by Dan Hammer

Issue
Indigenous Stewardship
Country
United States
Region
North America

Priya Donti

Pritzker 2025 Nominee

Co-founder & Chair of Climate Change AI, Assistant Professor at MIT

Nominated by Heidi Cullen

Issue
Clean Energy
Country
United States
Region
North America

Tiana Andriamanana

Pritzker 2025 Nominee

Executive Director, Fanamby Association

Nominated by Iroro Tanshi

Issue
Forests & Biodiversity
Country
Madagascar
Region
Africa