The University of Michigan led the nation with 20 faculty members elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The U-M researchers are among 564 scientists, engineers and innovators, spanning 24 scientific disciplines, who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements, AAAS has announced.

AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Selection as an AAAS Fellow is among the most distinct honors within the scientific community.

The new U-M AAAS Fellows are:

Veera Baladandayuthapani

Veera Baladandayuthapani, professor of biostatistics, School of Public Health, professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics, Medical School, director of the Cancer Data Science Shared Resource at Rogel Cancer Center, for distinguished contributions to the field of biostatistics and data science, particularly for Bayesian modeling of high-dimensional biomedical data, integrative genomics and applied cancer research.

Gordon Belot

Gordon Belot, Lawrence Sklar Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished scholarship in the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of science.

Charles Burant

Charles Burant, Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism, professor of internal medicine, and of molecular and integrative physiology, director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, Medical School, and professor of nutritional sciences, School of Public Health, for distinctive molecular and metabolomic research on insulin resistance, therapy for diabetes and management of obesity combined with stimulation of physical activity.

Henriette Elvang

Henriette Elvang, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for pioneering work in theoretical physics, including the structure of scattering amplitudes, general relativity in higher dimensions, quantum entanglement and holography.

Rachel Goldman

Rachel Goldman, professor of materials science and engineering, and of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering, professor of physics and associate director of applied physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished contributions to research and education in materials physics, particularly for elucidating the role of local solute configurations on novel functionalities of semiconductor alloys.

Mats Ljungman

Mats Ljungman, professor of radiation oncology, Medical School, and professor of environmental health sciences, School of Public Health, for distinguished contributions to the field of computational medicine and bioinformation through scientific and leadership achievements through contributions and dedication to the RNA community of research.

George Mashour

George Mashour, Robert B. Sweet Professor of Anesthesiology, professor of anesthesiology, of neurosurgery and of pharmacology, Medical School, adjunct professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished contributions to the fields of academic anesthesiology and neuroscience, particularly for studies across the translational spectrum identifying network-level mechanisms of how general anesthetics disrupt consciousness.

Sofia Merajver

Sofia Merajver, GreaterGood Breast Cancer Research Professor and professor of internal medicine, Medical School, professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health, for landmark studies of mechanisms, novel therapies and biomarkers, and management of patients with inflammatory breast cancers and women at increased risk for cancers in the United States and Africa.

David Musch

David Musch, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, Medical School, professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health, for distinguished contributions to the field of clinical epidemiology, particularly by using innovative design principles and analytical techniques to provide evidence-based guidance for the prevention and treatment of ophthalmic disease.

Melanie Diane Ohi

Melanie Diane Ohi, Rowena G. Matthews Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, professor of cell and developmental biology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of structural biology, particularly structure/function discoveries about secretion systems of pathogenic bacteria, and for expanding access to cryo-electron microscopy through education.

Ling Qi

Ling Qi, professor of molecular and integrative physiology and of internal medicine, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of medicine by producing new insights into the importance of ER-associated protein degradation in
disease pathogenesis.

Patricia Ann Reuter Lorenz

Patricia Ann Reuter-Lorenz, Michael I. Posner Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, faculty associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, for distinguished contributions to the field of cognitive neuroscience, particularly for outstanding research on mechanisms of attention, memory and aging, and for dedicated service to the field.

Patrick Schloss

Patrick Schloss, Frederick G. Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiome Research, professor of microbiology and immunology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to computational biology, particularly for development of computational programs for analysis of DNA sequence of mixed bacterial populations.

Roseanne Sension

Roseanne Sension, professor of chemistry and of physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished contributions in ultrafast chemistry and the visualization of chemical reaction dynamics.

Susan Shore

Susan Shore, Merle Lawrence Collegiate Professor of Otolaryngology Research, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, Medical School, professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, for distinguished contributions to the field of sensory neuroscience, particularly in the roles and mechanisms brainstem circuitry for audition and mechanisms underlying tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Katherine Spindler

Katherine Spindler, professor of microbiology and immunology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of viral pathogenesis and virus-host interactions and for outstanding contributions in mentoring, professional service and scientific communication.

Stephan Taylor

Stephan Taylor, professor of psychiatry, Medical School, adjunct professor of psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished contributions in research for developing and improving treatments for psychiatric disorders.

John Voorhees

John Voorhees, Duncan O. and Ella M. Poth Distinguished Professor of Dermatology, Medical School, for extraordinary contributions to skin biology and dermatology, in particular psoriasis, the skin response to ultraviolet radiation, and skin aging, and an exemplary and sustained record of leadership in dermatology.

Patricia Wittkopp

Patricia Wittkopp, Sally L. Allen Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for outstanding contributions to the field of evolutionary genetics, including uncovering genetic and genomic changes responsible for phenotypic differences within and between species, and for exceptional teaching and mentoring.

Bing Ye

Bing Ye, Burton L. Baker Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, and professor of cell and developmental biology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of developmental neuroscience, particularly for the molecular basis of the specification of axonal and dendritic morphology, and for their functional characteristics.

The new fellows will be celebrated later this year during an in-person gathering when it is feasible from a public health and safety perspective. The new class also will be featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science this month.

U-M also led the nation in AAAS Fellows in 2019, with 22.