Abstract
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected 120 new members and 30 international members. This brings the total active membership to 2,461 and the number of international members—who are nonvoting members and have citizenship outside the US—to 511. Election to the NAS, which is more than 150 years old, recognizes scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and is considered one of the highest scientific honors bestowed in the US. More women were elected to the academy this year than in any previous year. Of the newly elected members, 20 are either members of the American Chemical Society or work in areas related to the chemical sciences. The US chemists newly elected to the NAS are Anna C. Balazs , University of Pittsburgh; Donna G. Blackmond , Scripps Research, California; C. Jeffrey Brinker , Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico; Ta
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