AAS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
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This post is adapted from a National Academy of Sciences press release:
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced on 27 April 2020 the election of 120 members and 26 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Among them are seven current or former members of the AAS, listed here with their affiliations at the time of election:
- William Borucki (NASA Ames Research Center)
- Daniela Calzetti University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- Katherine Freese (University of Texas, Austin)
- John Kormendy (University of Texas, Austin)
- Francis Nimmo (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Eliot Quataert (University of California, Berkeley)
- Suzanne Staggs (Princeton University)
Those elected this year bring the total number of active members to 2,403 and the total number of international members to 501. Congratulations to our colleagues upon their election to the National Academy of Sciences!
If you’re a Society member who was elected to the NAS this year but omitted above, email AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg so we can add you to the list — and please accept our apology for the oversight!
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 and the National Academy of Medicine — provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.