Fifty-three University of California researchers have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society in this year's annual election. Nine UC campuses and all three of its affiliated national laboratories are represented in this year's election. The UC-affiliated fellows constitute more than 10 percent of the 471 new association fellows.

With this latest election, there are approximately 580 UC researchers who are fellows of the association.
Chosen by their peers, association fellows are recognized for their distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications in a wide variety of fields, including agriculture, biological sciences, education, engineering, medical sciences, psychology and social sciences. Fellows have made significant contributions in areas such as research, teaching, technology or administration.

New fellows will be recognized on Feb. 16, 2008, at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston.

"These elections demonstrate once again the critical contributions that University of California researchers are making to scientific discovery for the benefit of Californians and people around the world," said UC President Robert C. Dynes. "We are tremendously proud of their accomplishments."

The newly elected fellows affiliated with the University of California are:

UC Berkeley

-- Robert L. Fischer, professor plant and microbial biology

-- Stephen P. Hinshaw, professor and chair of psychology

-- Nicholas P. Jewell, professor of biostatistics and statistics

-- Judith Klinman, professor of chemistry

-- Mimi A.R. Koehl, professor of integrative biology

-- Richard B. Norgaard, professor of energy and resources group

-- Kevin Padian, professor and curator of integrative biology

-- David A. Patterson, professor of computer science

-- Thomas M. Powell, professor of integrative biology

-- Randy W. Schekman, professor of cell and developmental biology


UC Davis

-- Gang-yu Liu, professor of chemistry

-- Bruno Nachtergaele, professor and chair of mathematics

-- Peter J. Richerson, professor on environmental science and policy

-- David M. Rocke, professor of public health sciences

-- Thomas W. Scott, professor and vice chair of entomology


UC Irvine

-- Donald R. Blake, professor of chemistry

-- Robert M. Corn, professor of chemistry

-- Christine M. Gall, professor of neurobiology and behavior

-- Jean-Luc Gaudiot, professor and chair of electrical engineering and computer science

-- Michael T. Goodrich, professor of computer science, associate dean of faculty development

-- Scott D. Rychnovsky, professor of chemistry

-- Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, professor of biological chemistry

-- Athan J. Shaka, professor of chemistry


UCLA

-- Burton Clark, professor emeritus of higher education

-- Steven G. Clarke, professor chemistry and biochemistry

-- Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, professor of chemistry and biochemistry

-- Carl A. Maida, adjunct professor of public health and community dentistry


UC Riverside

-- Alexander A. Balandin, professor of electrical engineering

-- J. Ole Becker, cooperative extension specialist; nematologist

-- Anil B. Deolalikar, professor of economics

-- Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya, adjunct professor of Earth sciences

-- Mary Gauvain, professor of psychology

-- David D. Lo, distinguished professor of biomedical sciences

-- John Y.-J. Shyy, professor of biomedical sciences

-- Richard Stouthamer, professor of entomology

-- Ellen A. Wartella, professor of psychology


UC San Diego

-- Steven P. Briggs, professor of biological sciences

-- Naomi Oreskes, professor of history and science studies

-- Palmer Taylor, professor and dean of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences

-- Jason X.-J. Yuan, professor of medicine


UC San Francisco

-- Steven D. Rosen, professor and vice chair of anatomy


UC Santa Barbara

-- Guillermo C. Bazan, professor of chemistry and biochemistry

-- Barbara Herr Harthorn, associate professor of women’s studies; director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society

-- Ken C. Macdonald, professor of marine geophysics and Earth science

-- John M. Melack, professor of ecology, evolution and marine biology; associate dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

-- Jeffrey D. Richman, professor of physics


UC Santa Cruz

-- Sandra M. Faber, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics

-- Jin Z. Zhang, professor of chemistry


Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

-- Hendrik Bluhm, staff scientist, chemical sciences division

-- Benedict Feinberg, deputy director, Advanced Light Source


Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

-- Tómas Díaz de la Rubia, associate director, chemistry, materials, Earth and life sciences

Los Alamos National Laboratory

-- Thomas J. Bowles, laboratory researcher

-- Richard L. Martin, laboratory researcher

Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science encompasses more than 262 societies and academies of science and serves 10 million people. The association aims to make progress in science throughout the world and seeks to increase public awareness in areas of science and technology. AAAS, the publisher of the journal Science, also strives to foster communication among scientists and enhance international cooperation in scientific innovation.

Widely recognized as the best public research university system in the world, the University of California includes more than 214,000 students, 170,000 faculty and staff, and an $18 billion annual budget. UC offers programs in more than 150 disciplines -- many of which are ranked among the top 10 nationally. UC's five medical centers support the clinical teaching programs of the University's medical and health sciences schools and handle more than 3 million patient visits each year. The UC system is also involved in managing the three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos.

For more information about the University of California: www.universityofcalifornia.edu

Additional contacts:
Molly McElroy, AAAS, mmcelroy@aaas.org, (202) 326-6434