New Members Elected To NAE

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 80 new members and 22 foreign associates this week. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,275 and foreign associate membership to 232.

Individuals are elected to NAE on the basis of outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education. Of those elected, 21 are scientists who work in chemistry-related areas or are members of the American Chemical Society.

They are: Zhenan Bao, Stanford University; Emily A. Carter, Princeton University; Thomas M. Connelly Jr., American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.; Juan J. de Pablo, University of Chicago; Michael F. Doherty, University of California, Santa Barbara; Fiona M. Doyle, University of California, Berkeley; William A. Hawkins III, Immucor, Norcross, Ga.; Teh C. Ho, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, Bridgewater, N.J.; Kristina M. Johnson, Cube Hydro Partners, Chevy Chase, Md.; Brian D. Kelley, Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif.; Peter S. Kim, Stanford University; James. B. Rawlings, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ann Beal Salamone, Rochal Industries, San Antonio; José G Santiesteban, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, Annandale, N.J.; Bridget R. Scanlon, University of Texas, Austin; David L. Sedlak, University of California, Berkeley; K.R. Sridhar, Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Yongkui Sun, Merck, Rahway, N.J.; Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara; David A. Weitz, Harvard University; Jennifer L. West, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Three foreign associate members also fall into this group: Lei Jiang, Beihang University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing; Rui Luis Reis, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal; Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto.