Joanna Aizenberg, Cynthia Friend, and Daniel Kahne join the 2,347 active NAS members
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today the election of 100 new members and 25 foreign associates "in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Forty percent of the newly elected members are women—the most ever elected in any one year to date.
CCB helped with that: Two of our three newly elected members are women. In alphabetical order, they are:
Joanna Aizenberg, the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology: "For being the pioneer of the budding field of bioinspired materials chemistry, applying lessons from natural systems to inventing artificial materials with unprecedented properties. She has made groundbreaking, seminal contributions to biomineralization, crystal engineering, smart surfaces, and antifouling and stimuli-responsive materials that display unique hierarchical designs."
Cynthia Friend, the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science: "For making decisive contributions in surface chemistry through her multi-scale research in catalysis—from gold single crystal surfaces to nanoporous gold catalysts and from controlled conditions in ultrahigh vacuum to practical reaction conditions at atmospheric pressure. Her work has established principles governing the surface chemistry of selective oxidation reactions."
Daniel Kahne, the Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology: "For developing original methods to synthesize glycosidic linkages, and used this capability to illuminate mechanisms for antibiotic action and discover two protein machines that assemble the antibiotic-resistant outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. His work elucidating their molecular mechanisms illuminates mitochondrial and chloroplast biogenesis and on how to kill Gram-negative pathogens."
Sixteen CCB faculty, including Aizenberg, Friend and Kahne, are now NAS members.
The organization recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and—with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine—provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.
