AAS Members Elected as 2024 AAAS Fellows

This post is adapted from a press release of the American Association for the Advancement of Science:

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators to the 2024 class of AAAS Fellows, a lifetime distinction that honors their invaluable contributions to science and technology. Among these honorees are a number of AAS members and affiliates:

• Kevork N. Abazajian, University of California, Irvine
• Aaron J. Barth, University of California, Irvine
• John F. Beacom, The Ohio State University
• Carol A. Christian, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Roger N. Clark, Planetary Science Institute
• Denton S. Ebel, American Museum of Natural History
• Karen J. Meech, University of Hawai‘i
• Sally Oey, University of Michigan 
• Daniel Wolf Savin, Columbia University
• Eric M. Schlegel, The University of Texas at San Antonio 
• Gillian Wilson, University of California, Merced 

Congratulations to all! If you're a new AAAS Fellow and are missing from this list, please email us, and we'll remedy the omission. (Sometimes an AAS member is elected by a section other than Astronomy, making it harder to spot them!)

Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization’s member-run governing body. The honor recognizes diverse accomplishments, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations, and advancing public understanding of science. The 2024 group will receive a certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering, respectively) to commemorate their election and will be celebrated at a forum in Washington, DC, on 7 June 2025. The 2024 Fellows class will also be featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science in March 2025.

The tradition of electing AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Since then, the recognition has gone to thousands of distinguished scientists, such as astronomer Maria Mitchell, elected in 1875, inventor Thomas Edison (1878), anthropologist Margaret Mead (1934), computer scientist Grace Hopper (1963), and popular science author Jared Diamond (2000).

The full list of 2024 AAAS Fellows is available here.