A chemist, two neuroscientists, a geophysicist and a computer scientist at UC Berkeley are among 84 new members and 21 new foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences announced today.
The five – Kristie Boering, the Lieselotte and David Templeton Professor of Chemistry; Yang Dan, a professor of molecular and cell biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; Ehud Isacoff, a professor of molecular and cell biology and director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Michael Manga, a professor of earth and planetary science; and Umesh Vazirani, the Roger A. Strauch Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences – bring the total number of living UC Berkeley faculty members who are members of the academy to 137.
The academy, founded in 1863 and the most prestigious scientific society in the U.S., provides science, engineering and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. The new members will be inducted at the annual national meeting in 2019.
Read more from Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/05/01/national-academy-of-sciences-adds-five-berkeley-faculty-members-to-its-ranks/