Members of science center community elected as AAAS Fellows

Several members of the science center community have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as AAAS Fellows. Beginning in 1874, AAAS has been electing Fellows in recognition of diverse accomplishments, including research, leadership, teaching, mentoring, fostering collaborations, and advancing public understanding of science.

While some of the new Fellows are primarily recognized for their commitment to public engagement in science, others are being honored for their research contributions but are also involved in outreach.

	Luis M. Chiappe (Section on Biological Sciences) Senior Vice President, Research & Collections Gretchen Augustyn Director, Dinosaur Institute Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
	Eileen Hebets (Section on Biological Sciences) Professor of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska–Lincoln Principal Investigator, Eight-Legged Encounters, which was hosted at the University of Nebraska State Museum and Denver Museum of Nature and Science
	Eric Klopfer (Section on Education) Professor and Head, Comparative Media Studies/Writing program Director, Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collaborator, Museum of Science, MIT Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Harvard Museum of Natural History
	Michael A. Mayhew (Section on Education) Senior Research Scientist, Science Education Solutions, Inc. Director, Institute of STEM Education
	Lawrence M. Page (Section on Biological Sciences) Curator of Fishes Florida Museum of Natural History Affiliate Professor, University of Florida
	Douglas Soltis (Section on Biological Sciences) Distinguished Professor of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida

We also acknowledge two researchers associated with ASTC member institutions elected as AAAS Fellows: Lee-Lueng Fu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Joan Kleypas, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

The class of 2019 includes a total of 443 new Fellows, representing each of AAAS’s 24 sections. Fellows—who must be nominated by three previous Fellows, the section steering group, or the AAAS CEO—are reviewed first within the relevant section and then by the AAAS Council.

The Fellows will receive an official certificate and rosette pins in gold and blue—symbolizing science and engineering—in a ceremony during the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle.

Additional Information:

• AAAS Fellows program

Image credits: Courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Craig Chandler / University of Nebraska Communications, Eric Klopfer, Michael Mayhew, Larry Page, Douglas Soltis