The National Academy of Sciences has elected 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 12 countries in recognition of their achievements in original research. Held in May in Washington, DC, the election brought the total number of active members to 2025 with foreign associates totaling 387.
Of the new members elected, 27 do physics-related work.
Mario H. Acuña, senior astrophysicist and project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
David A. Agard, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and professor in the department of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco
Brian F. Atwater, geologist on the western earthquake hazards team of the US Geological Survey and affiliate professor in the department of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle
David D. Awschalom, professor of physics and of electrical and computer...
