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American Academy of Advancement of Science Fellows: Marjorie Asmussen, David Chu, David Knauft, Henry Schaefer

Four named Fellows by American Academy of Advancement of Science

By Kim Carlyle
kosborne@uga.edu

Four UGA faculty members have been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science this year. Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers.
Marjorie Asmussen, professor of genetics, was selected by the AAAS section on atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences. She is being recognized for distinguished contributions to population genetics theory, particularly for development of theoretical frameworks to extract vast evolutionary information encoded in joint, nuclear-cytoplasmic data.
David C.K. Chu, Research Professor of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, was named by the AAAS section on pharmaceutical sciences. He is recognized for distinguished contributions to the field of medicinal chemistry, particularly drug discovery for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus and cancer.
David A. Knauft, of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was named by the AAAS section on agriculture, food and renewable resources. He is selected for distinguished contributions to improved peanut products and plant lines, including three national patents, for initiation of innovative instructional programs, and for outstanding services to professional societies.
Henry F. Schaefer III of the chemistry department was named by the section on chemistry for critical contributions to the development of computational quantum chemistry and for outstanding applications of this technique to a wide range of important chemical problems.
These four are among the total of 291 new Fellows this year, elevated to this rank because of their efforts to advance science or foster applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin Feb. 15 during the 2003 AAAS annual meeting in Denver.
The naming of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has worked to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs and publications, in the areas of science policy, science education and international scientific cooperation. With more than 134,000 members from 130 countries and 272 affiliated societies comprising more than 10 million individual members, AAAS is the world’s largest federation of scientists.
The association also publishes Science, an editorially independent, multidisciplinary, weekly peer-reviewed journal that ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.

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