with election as fellows of the AAAS
Ten renowned Yale scientists and educators have been named as fellows of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed
upon members of the organization by their peers.
The AAAS honors members as fellows in recognition of their distinguished efforts
to advance science or its applications. The new fellows will be inducted at the
Fellows Forum on Feb. 16, during the AAAS annual meeting in Boston.
The Yale faculty and the section in which they were elected follows:
Paul T. Anastas, professor in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies,
Section on Chemistry, for “promoting the design, discovery, development
and implementation of material and energy sources that are benign to human health
and the environment and that advance sustainability.”
Sankar Ghosh, professor of immunobiology and of molecular biophysics and biochemistry,
Section on Biological Sciences, for “distinguished contributions to the
field of immunology, particularly for studies of the NF-B signaling pathway.”
Steven M. Girvin, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
and the deputy provost for science and technology, Section on Engineering, “for
fundamental experimental and theoretical research on correlated many-electron
states in low dimensional systems.”
Nigel D.F. Grindley, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Section
on Biological Sciences, for “distinguished contributions to our understanding
of mechanisms of recombination, notably site-specific recombination in E. coli.”
Andrew D. Miranker, associate professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry,
Section on Chemistry, for “distinguished contributions to the field of
protein folding, particularly in elucidation of structure and energetic requirements
of pathological self assembly into amyloid fibers.”
Anna M. Pyle, the William Edward Gilbert Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry,
director of the Division of Biological Sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute
investigator, Section on Chemistry, for “fundamental studies on RNA tertiary
folding and on the mechanical behavior of RNA remodeling enzymes.”
Robert J. Schoelkopf, professor of applied physics and physics, Section on Engineering, “for
outstanding work toward the practical realization of quantum computation.”
Gordon M. Shepherd, professor of neuroscience, Section on Neuroscience, “for
distinguished contributions to the understanding of the circuitry of the brain
and the structure and function of the olfactory bulb.”
Thomas A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
professor of chemistry, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Section
on Biological Sciences, for “distinguished contributions to structural
biology, particularly for determination of the crystal structure of proteins
and nucleic acids emphasizing their biological functions and mechanisms.”
Also, Norman J. Chonacky, an adjunct research scientist in engineering, was named
a fellow in the Section on Education, for “distinguished contributions
to scientific discourse as editor-in-chief of Computing in Science and Engineering,
and for advocacy of scientific literacy for all students.”
Announcement of this year’s other AAAS fellows is in the AAAS News & Notes section of the Oct. 26 edition of
the journal Science.
The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher
of the journal Science. It was founded in 1848, and includes 262 affiliated societies
and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. The non-profit AAAS
is open to all, and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve
society” through initiatives in science policy; international programs;
science education; and more.
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