Nine Harvard faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Nine Harvard University scientists have been elected by their peers to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” The society, together with the National Academy and the National Academy of Medicine, provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. NAS is a private, nonprofit institution that recognizes achievement in science by election to its membership. Established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, it now counts 2,347 voting members and 487 foreign associates among its members. The nine Harvard faculty, including five from the Medical School, are among 120 members and 26 international members recognized this year. They are: Dennis Gaitsgory, Herschel Smith Professor of Mathematics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Joel Habener, professor of medicine and chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of...