WARRENDALE, PA – The Materials Research Society (MRS) will recognize the following 24 members (in alpha order) as Fellows of the Materials Research Society at the 2013 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. This recognition honors MRS members who are notable for their distinguished accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research, worldwide.
- John E.E. Baglin, IBM Almaden Research Center
- Leonard J. Brillson, The Ohio State University
- David Cahen, Weizmann Institute, Israel
- Long-Qing Chen, The Pennsylvania State University
- Yang-Tse Cheng, University of Kentucky
- Paul K. Chu, City University of Hong Kong
- Antonio Facchetti, Polyera Corporation and Northwestern University
- Joseph E. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Naomi J. Halas, Rice University
- Richard G. Hoagland, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Andrew B. Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
- Taeghwan Hyeon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- Ram S. Katiyar, University of Puerto Rico
- Enrique J. Lavernia, University of California, Davis
- Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern University
- Patricia M. Mooney, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Daniel E. Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara
- John H. Perepezko, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Pradeep K. Rohatgi, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Rodney S. Ruoff, University of Texas at Austin
- M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University
- Karen I. Winey, University of Pennsylvania
- Jackie Y. Ying, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
- Steven J. Zinkle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A list of the honorees, along with brief citations that highlight their remarkable accomplishments, can be found at www.mrs.org/current-mrs-fellows/#2013.
MRS is fortunate to enjoy the dynamic membership of such outstanding contributors to the progress of materials research and is confident that the examples of excellence, enterprise and dedication displayed by this steadily growing community of MRS Fellows will serve to encourage and inspire all materials researchers, at all levels, and will also support and enhance the prestige and recognition of materials research in serving the broader community.
Nominations will soon be accepted for the 2014 MRS Fellows. For information on nomination guidelines and eligibility, visit www.mrs.org/mrsfellows. Deadline for nominations is October 1, 2013.
About the Materials Research Society
MRS is an organization of over 13,000 materials researchers from academia, industry and government worldwide, and a recognized leader in promoting the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research and technology to improve the quality of life. MRS members are students and professionals hailing from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering—the full spectrum of materials research. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania (USA), MRS membership now spans 90 countries, with approximately 45 percent of members residing outside the United States.
MRS serves and engages members across generations to advance their careers and promote materials research and innovation. The Society produces high-quality meetings and publications, assuring that members of all career stages can present and publish their most important and timely work to an international and interdisciplinary audience. MRS continues to expand its professional development portfolio, as well as promote diversity and inclusion in the scientific workforce, with career services for researchers worldwide. The Society advocates for the importance of scientific research and innovation to policymakers and the community. And the MRS Awards program honors those whose work has already had a major impact in the field, as well as those whose work shows great promise for future leadership.
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