8 Harvard faculty named National Academy of Sciences members
Eight Harvard University faculty, including four from Harvard Medical School, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year, honored for “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research,” the NAS announced Tuesday. Scientists are elected by their peers to membership in the NAS for outstanding contributions to research. Those elected include David Charbonneau, professor of astronomy, Department of Astronomy, Center for Astrophysics; Noam D. Elkies, professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics; David D. Ginty, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School (HMS); Barbara B. Kahn, vice chair for research strategy and George R. Minot Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics, Department of Economics; Madhu Sudan, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Rachel I....