Thirteen University of Michigan faculty members earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024.

The AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, announced 471 members of the 2024 class, elected for their “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, or its applications, are scientifically or socially distinguished.”

The fellows are:

Ravi Allada, the Theophile Raphael M.D. Collegiate Professor of Neurosciences, professor of anesthesiology and executive director of the Michigan Neuroscience Institute, for discoveries of core gears of the circadian clock, how those gears drive sleep and wake, and how those pathways are linked to neurodegenerative disease.

Kathleen Collins, professor of internal medicine and of microbiology and immunology, associate dean for physician scientist education and training, and director of the Medical Science Training Program, for distinguished contributions to the field of virology, particularly using primary cell models to study mechanisms of HIV immune evasion and establishment of persistent infection.

Mark Daskin, the Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operations Engineering, for distinguished contributions to location optimization and supply chain network design and its application to industrial, service and medical systems.

Andrzej Dlugosz, the Poth Professor of Cutaneous Oncology, professor of dermatology and of cell and developmental biology, and associate director for basic science research at the Rogel Cancer Center, for distinguished contributions to the fields of dermatology and cancer biology, particularly for the generation of innovative animal models and molecular and mechanistic insights into skin development and skin cancer.

Roman J. Giger, the Dr. Richard Mark Newman Research Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and professor of neurology, for distinguished contributions to the field of neural regeneration and neuroinflammation, particularly the identification of immune cell populations that promote axon regeneration following neural injury.

Mark Guzdial, professor of computer science and engineering and of information and director of the Program in Computing in the Arts and Sciences, for distinguished contributions to the field of computing education research across multiple disciplines.

Maggie Levenstein, director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, research professor at the Institute for Social Research and professor of information, for distinguished contributions to industrial organization and historical economics, especially information systems, competition dynamics, cartels and antitrust policies, as well as systematic improvements to national social science data policies.

David Markovitz, professor of internal medicine, for distinguished contributions to the fields of medicine and biomedical research, particularly for studies on endogenous human retroviruses and human cancer biology.

Sally Oey, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of astronomy, for exceptional contributions to understanding massive stars and their roles in galaxy evolution.

Jack Parent, the William J. Herdman Professor of Neurology, research professor at the Michigan Neuroscience Institute and co-director of the Michigan Medicine Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, for distinguished contributions to the field of translational neuroscience, particularly adult neurogenesis and acquired epileptogenesis, and applying stem cell biology approaches to understand the mechanisms of severe pediatric genetic epilepsies.

Arvind Rao, professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics, of radiation oncology in the Medical School, and of biostatistics in the School of Public Health, for distinguished contributions to computational medicine, particularly in developing methodologies for the integrative analysis and interpretation of large datasets for improved clinical decision making.

Libo Shan, professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, for distinguished contributions to the field of plant-pathogen interactions, particularly discovering how pathogen signals are sensed by plant receptors and transduced to elicit defense responses.

Stephen Smith, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the Program in Biology, for distinguished contributions to the field of phylogenetics, or the evolutionary history of organisms, particularly the development of new methods and computational tools for better understanding the patterns and processes of plant evolution.

Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science began electing fellows in 1874. The new fellows will be celebrated at a forum June 7 in Washington, D.C. The 2024 Fellows class are also featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of the March issue of the journal Science.