72 New Members Chosen By Academy

WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 12 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

The election was held this morning during the business session of the 144th annual meeting of the Academy. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,025. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States. Today’s election brings the total number of foreign associates to 387.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology. Additional information about the Academy and its members is available online at http://www.nasonline.org . Newly elected members and their affiliations associated with the subject fields of the member societies connected to the American Institute of Physics are: ACUÑA, Mario H.; senior astrophysicist and project scientist, International Solar Terrestrial Physics Program, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. AGARD, David A.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and professor, department of biochemistry and biophysics, University of California , San Francisco ATWATER, Brian F.; geologist, western earthquake hazards team, U.S. Geological Survey, and affiliate professor, department of earth and space sciences, University of Washington, Seattle AWSCHALOM, David D.; professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering, department of physics, University of California , Santa Barbara BAWENDI, Moungi G.; professor of chemistry and Keck Professor of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge BELL , C. Gordon; senior researcher, Microsoft Bay Area Research Center, San Francisco BLOCK, Steven M.; professor of applied physical and biological sciences, Stanford University , Stanford , Calif. BRYANT, Robert L.; J.M. Kreps Professor, department of mathematics, Duke University , Durham , N.C. CANFIELD, Donald E.; professor of ecology, Institute of Biology , and director, Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark , Odense CLARK, Noel; professor, department of physics, University of Colorado , Boulder DRAINE, Bruce T.; professor, department of astrophysical sciences, Princeton University , Princeton , N.J. EMANUEL, Kerry A.; Breene M. Kerr Professor, program in atmospheres, oceans, and climate, department of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge FALKOWSKI, Paul G.; professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and department of geological sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

GABRIELSE, Gerald; Leverett Professor of Physics, Harvard University , Cambridge , Mass.

GOLDMAN, Allen M.; Institute of Technology Professor of Physics, and head, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis JOHNSON, William L.; Ruben and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Engineering, and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena LIBCHABER, Albert J.; professor of physics, The Rockefeller University, New York City MICALI, Silvio; professor, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MORGAN, M. Granger; university professor and head, department of engineering and public policy, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh OLSON, Peter L.; professor of geophysical fluid dynamics, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore RICHMOND, Timothy J.; professor, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland SCHILLER, Peter H.; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge SPERGEL, David N.; professor, department of astrophysical sciences, Princeton University , Princeton , N.J. SREENIVASAN, Katepalli R.; Martin Professor of Engineering and distinguished university professor, University of Maryland , College Park STARK, Harold M.; professor of mathematics, University of California , San Diego

WILL, Clifford M.; James S. McDonnell Professor of Physics, Washington University , St. Louis

WISE, Mark B.; John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Newly elected foreign associates, their affiliations at the time of election, and their country of citizenship are: ASKONAS, Brigitte A.; visiting professor, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London ( United Kingdom ) DELIGNE, Pierre; professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton , N.J. ( Belgium )

GRANT, Peter R.; professor, Princeton University , Princeton , N.J. ( United Kingdom ) IIJIMA, Sumio; professor, department of materials science and engineering, Meijo University , Nagoya ( Japan ) ITO, Masao; director, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama ( Japan )

KINGMAN, John; director, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , England ( United Kingdom ) LI, Aizhen; Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai (People’s Republic of China )

WHITE, Simon D.M.; director, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany ( United Kingdom )

WOODMAN, Ronald F.; executive president, Geophysical Institute of Peru, Mayorazgo ( Peru )