Course Alumni, Faculty, Whitman Scientists Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to 17 MBL course alumni, former faculty, and Whitman Scientists who were recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of their "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." They are:

Basbaum, Allan I, University of California, San Francisco
Alumnus, Computer-BioMed II, 1980

Boyden, Edward S., HHMI/Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alumnus, Neural Systems & Behavior, 2000
Faculty, Neural Systems & Behavior, 2011
Faculty, Brains, Minds and Machines, 2014

Callaway, Edward M., Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Faculty, Neurobiology, 2010

Cuervo, Ana Maria, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Faculty, Biology of Aging, 2011

Heald, Rebecca, University of California, Berkeley
Faculty, Physiology, 2004-2005

Johnson, Patricia J., University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Alumnus, Marine Botany, year unknown
Faculty, Biology of Parasitism, 1993-1996, 1999
Course Director, Biology of Parasitism, 2005-2008

Krasnow, Mark A., HHMI/Stanford University School of Medicine
Alumnus, Boston University Marine Program
Alumnus, Neurobiology, 1978

Lenardo, Michael J., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Faculty, Biology of Parasitism, 1985

Newman, Dianne K., California Institute of Technology
Alumnus, Microbial Diversity, 1995
Faculty, Microbial Diversity, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Course Director, Microbial Diversity, 2014-2017

Spencer, Thomas E.;  University of Missouri, Columbia
Faculty, Frontiers in Reproduction, 2010-2014, 2016-2017

Strome, Susan, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alumnus, Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy, 1982

Turner, Paul E., Yale University
Alumnus, Embryology, 1984
Faculty, Molecular Evolution, 2003-2010
Faculty, Microbial Diversity, 2018
Whitman Center Scientist, 2011-2015

Voytas, Daniel F., University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Faculty, Molecular Evolution, 2000-2001

Williams, David R., Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Faculty, Neurobiology of Brain Dysfunction, 2011

Wolfner, Mariana F., Cornell University
Faculty, Frontiers in Reproduction, 2017

Saéz, Juan Carlos, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Chile (foreign associate)
Alumnus, Neurobiology, 1985
Whitman Scientist, 1987-1988

Spirin, Alexander, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia (foreign associate)
Whitman Scientist, 1992