Members named to National Academy of Sciences


Twenty-two scientists and engineers affiliated with UC are among the new members and associates named to the National Academy of Sciences at the academy's 147th annual meeting. By campus or laboratory, they include:

Berkeley

  • Alexis T. Bell, Theodore Vermeulen Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Michael I. Jordan, Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Irvine

  • Michael D. Cahalan, professor and chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • Greg J. Duncan, Distinguished Professor of Education, Department of Education
  • Susan E. Trumbore, director, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physicas and professor, Department of Earth system science

Los Angeles

  • Kendall N. Houk, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Robert D. Mare, professor, Department of Sociology
  • Charles Stanish, director, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and professor, Department of Anthropology

Riverside

  • Jian-Kang Zhu, Jane S. Johnson Chair Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences

San Diego

  • Susan S. Golden, Distinguished Professor, division of biological sciences
  • Terrence J. Sejnowski, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Jack Keil Wolf, Stephen O. Rice Professor, Center for Magnetic Recording

San Francisco

  • Robert J. Fletterick, professor of biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Donald E. Ganem, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of microbiology and medicine
  • Lewis L. Lanier, professor, Cancer Research Institute and provessor and vice chair, Department of Microbiology and immunology
  • Zena Werb, professor and vice chair, Department of Anatomy

Santa Barbara

  • Douglas W. Burbank, professor of geology and director, Institute for Crustal Studies
  • Gary T. Horowitz, professor of physics, Department of Physics

Santa Cruz

  • Gary A. Glatzmaier, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Berkeley Lab

  • Mina J. Bissell, Distinguished Scientist, life sciences division

Newly elected foreign associates with connections to UC include:

  • David Aldous (United Kingdom), professor of statistics, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley
  • Ulrike A. Heberlein (Chile), professor, Department of Anatomy, UCSF

The National Academy of Sciences recognizes members and associates for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. In the past two years, more faculty from the University of California have been elected than all other public universities combined.