The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has selected six Princeton professors as fellows for 2011(Link is external) (Link opens in new window). In the natural sciences, the associaton named Bryan Grenfell(Link is external), professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and public affairs; John Storey(Link is external), associate professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; and Ned Wingreen(Link is external), professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. In engineering, the new fellows from Princeton are Pablo Debenedetti(Link is external), the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science, professor of chemical and biological engineering and vice dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science; William Russel(Link is external), the Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Chemical Engineering and dean of the Graduate School; and Alexander Smits(Link is external), the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and chair of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.
The professors are being honored by AAAS for their efforts toward advancing distinguished science applications. Grenfell for contributions in epidemiology and exploring the dynamics of disease; Storey for his work in computational biology; and Wingreen for his focus on systems biology. Debenedetti was recognized for his research on chemical engineering thermodynamics; Russel for his notable work in colloid science and graduate education; and Smits for distinguished contributions to the field of turbulence. The tradition of AAAS fellows began in 1874. Each of the six professors was nominated by one of the society’s steering groups, selected as a finalist, then chosen by the society council. All 539 2011 fellows will be recognized during the AAAS Annual Meeting Feb. 18, 2012, in Vancouver, Canada.
