AAS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Richard Fienberg AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force
This announcement is adapted from a National Academy of Sciences press release:
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced on 28 April 2015 the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Among those named to the NAS are five astronomers and planetary scientists:
- Steven A. Balbus; Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Head of Astrophysics, Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Adam Burrows; Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
- Renu Malhotra; Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson
- Sara Seager; Professor of Planetary Science and Physics and Class of 1941 Professorship Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
- William R. Ward; Institute Scientist, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colo.
This is the second honor for Renu Malhotra in as many weeks; on 23 April she was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (see the article under RELATED below).
Those newly elected bring the total number of active members to 2,250 and the total number of foreign associates to 452. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and — with the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council — provides science, technology, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.