Three CAS scientists were recently selected as Fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Jim Brau, Victoria DeRose and David Tyler. AAAS Fellows are chosen by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Brau, the UO's Knight Professor of Natural Science, was selected for his "distinguished contributions to the field of elementary particle physics, particularly for developing and applying new technologies to facilitate precision tests of the Standard Model."
DeRose, professor of chemistry, was chosen for her "significant achievements in developing spectroscopic methods towards understanding the metallobiochemistry of RNA, and for service to the interdisciplinary scientific community."
Tyler, who recently was named the first recipient of the UO's Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry, was picked for his "distinguished contributions to the fields of inorganic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry, particularly for our understanding of radical reactions and of polymer degradation."
The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling. AAAS includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.
With the inclusion of these three scientists, there are now 29 current and emeritus CAS faculty who are AAAS Fellows:
• C. Melvin Aikens, Anthropology
• Andrew Bajer, Biology
• Patrick Bartlein, Geography
• Jim Brau, Physics
• Richard Castenholz, Biology
• Scott Coltrane, Sociology
• Bernd Crasemann, Physics
• Victoria DeRose, Chemistry
• Chris Doe, Biology
• Russell Donnelly, Physics
• Don Dumond, Anthropology
• Jennifer Freyd, Psychology
• Douglas Hintzman, Psychology
• Stephen Kevan, Physics
• Daniel Kimble, Psychology
• Charles Kimmel, Biology
• Richard Littman, Psychology
• Alexander McBirney, Geology
• John Moseley, Physics
• Michael Posner, Psychology
• John Postlethwait, Biology
• Greg Retallack, Geology
• Geraldine Richmond, Chemistry
• Eric Selker, Biology
• Paul Slovic, Psychology
• Davison Soper, Physics
• George Sprague, Biology
• David Tyler, Chemistry
• James Weston, Biology
DeRose, professor of chemistry, was chosen for her "significant achievements in developing spectroscopic methods towards understanding the metallobiochemistry of RNA, and for service to the interdisciplinary scientific community."
Tyler, who recently was named the first recipient of the UO's Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry, was picked for his "distinguished contributions to the fields of inorganic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry, particularly for our understanding of radical reactions and of polymer degradation."
The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling. AAAS includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.
With the inclusion of these three scientists, there are now 29 current and emeritus CAS faculty who are AAAS Fellows:
• C. Melvin Aikens, Anthropology
• Andrew Bajer, Biology
• Patrick Bartlein, Geography
• Jim Brau, Physics
• Richard Castenholz, Biology
• Scott Coltrane, Sociology
• Bernd Crasemann, Physics
• Victoria DeRose, Chemistry
• Chris Doe, Biology
• Russell Donnelly, Physics
• Don Dumond, Anthropology
• Jennifer Freyd, Psychology
• Douglas Hintzman, Psychology
• Stephen Kevan, Physics
• Daniel Kimble, Psychology
• Charles Kimmel, Biology
• Richard Littman, Psychology
• Alexander McBirney, Geology
• John Moseley, Physics
• Michael Posner, Psychology
• John Postlethwait, Biology
• Greg Retallack, Geology
• Geraldine Richmond, Chemistry
• Eric Selker, Biology
• Paul Slovic, Psychology
• Davison Soper, Physics
• George Sprague, Biology
• David Tyler, Chemistry
• James Weston, Biology
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