Six Medical School faculty named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
A total of eight scientists and engineers from the U-M were chosen as AAAS fellows by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications
Six faculty with Medical School ties are among eight University of Michigan scholars to be elected 2020 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The U-M researchers are among 489 newly elected fellows announced Nov. 24 by AAAS.
The scientists and engineers were chosen as AAAS fellows by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications, according to AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
The new U-M fellows from the Medical School are:
Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D., Lynn and Ruth Townsend Professor of Communication Disorders, director of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute and associate chair of research in the Medical School’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, for distinguished contributions to the field of cellular and molecular neuroscience, particularly on the roles and mechanisms of neuron-glia interactions and their implications to disease.
Carol F. Elias, Ph.D., professor of molecular and integrative physiology and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of reproductive and metabolic physiology, particularly for elucidating the mechanisms that couple metabolism to the neuroendocrine control of reproduction.
Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D. Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology and professor of neurology at the Medical School, for distinguished contributions to neuroscience and neurology, particularly through leadership, mentoring, and basic and clinical research, leading to new disease therapies and important clinical guidelines.
Renny Franceschi, Ph.D., the Marcus L. Ward Collegiate Professor of Dentistry and professor of dentistry at the School of Dentistry, professor of biological chemistry at the Medical School, and professor of biomedical engineering at the Medical School and College of Engineering, for distinguished contributions to the fields of transcriptional control mechanisms of bone formation, signaling and extracellular matrix biology of osteoblast differentiation, teaching and service.
Ursula Jakob, Ph.D., Patricia S. Yaeger Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology in LSA, and professor of biological chemistry at the Medical School, for seminal discoveries of how reactive oxygen species play pivotal roles in a range of biological processes and for method development to identify redox-regulated proteins and cellular pathways.
Joel Swanson, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of cell biology, particularly for advancing our understanding of how cells organize their cytoplasm for spatially organized activities.
The University’s other AAAS fellows are:
Yuri Gurevich, Ph.D., professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science at the College of Engineering, for distinguished contributions to logic, particularly finite model theory, and the development of abstract state machines.
Nathan D. Sheldon, Ph.D., professor of earth and environmental sciences in LSA, for distinguished contributions and extraordinary achievements in developing, refining and applying geochemical measurements of paleosols to reconstructing paleo-pCO2 levels and ancient climates on Earth.
This year’s AAAS fellows have been formally announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science. A virtual fellows forum — an induction ceremony for the new fellows — is set for Feb. 13, 2021.
Read more about the 2020 AAAS fellows, and see their photos, in The University Record.