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 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Newly elected members of interest to Physics Today’s readers include:

BERGQUIST, JAMES C.; fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo.

COPPERSMITH, SUSAN N.; professor of physics, department of physics, University of Wisconsin, MadisonDOUGHERTY, DENNIS; George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry, division of chemistry and chemical engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

FILIPPENKO, ALEXEI V.; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, department of astronomy, University of California, BerkeleyHUGHES, THOMAS J.R.; Mathematics Chair III, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), and professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, University of Texas, Austin

JACAK, BARBARA V.; Distinguished Professor of Physics, department of physics and astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook

JOANNOPOULOS, JOHN D.; Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics, department of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

KLEIN, MICHAEL L.; Hepburn Professor of Physical Science, department of chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

KOHLSTEDT, DAVID L.; Institute of Technology Distinguished Professor of Geology and Geophysics and head, N.H. Winchell School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

MOREL, FRANÇOIS M.M.; director, Center for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry, and Albert G. Blanke Jr. Professor of Geosciences, department of geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.

MOSLEY-THOMPSON, ELLEN S.; professor, department of geography, and senior research scientist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus

NOCERA, DANIEL G.; Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy, and professor of chemistry, department of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

PATEL, DINSHAW J.; Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Chair in Experimental Physics, and member, structural biology program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City

PEALE, STANTON J.; professor emeritus and research professor of physics, department of physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

RIESS, ADAM G.; professor of physics and astronomy, department of physics and astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

SCIULLI, FRANK J.; Pupin Professor of Physics Emeritus, department of physics, Columbia University, New York City

ShEARER, PETER M.; professor of geophysics, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla

Additional information about the Academy and its members is available online at http://www.nasonline.org .