The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering announced the election of 23 Connecticut experts in science, engineering and technology to membership in the academy. Election to the academy is based on scientific and engineering distinction achieved through significant contributions in theory or applications, as demonstrated by original published books and papers, patents, the pioneering of new and developing fields and innovative products, etc.
New members are:
Paul T. Anastas, Teresa and H. John Heinz III professor in the practice of chemistry for the environment, Yale University.
Amy C. Anderson, professor of medicinal chemistry and department head, pharmaceutical sciences, UConn.
Isaac Cohen, director, systems department, United Technologies Research Center.
Nicholas M. Donofrio, fellow emeritus and executive vice president, innovation and technology, IBM (retired).
Clara Fang, professor of civil engineering, University of Hartford.
Juan Fernandez de la Mora, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, Yale.
Michael S. Francis, senior fellow and chief, advanced programs, United Technologies Research Center.
Murat Günel, Nixdorff-German professor of neurosurgery and professor of genetics and neuroscience, Yale.
Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology; professor of molecular cellular and developmental biology, Yale School of Medicine.
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, William H. Fleming professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology and microbial pathogenesis and director of the Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale School of Medicine.
Jaehong Kim, professor, chemical and environmental engineering, Yale.
Eric S. Levine, professor of neuroscience, UConn Health Center.
Paul J. Lombroso, Elizabeth Mear and House Jameson professor, deputy chair for research, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine.
David A. McCormick, Dorys McConnell Duberg professor of neuroscience and professor of physiology and vice director, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine.
Michael E. McCune, design manager-fan drive gear systems, cold section engineering-mechanical systems, Pratt & Whitney.
Diane McMahon-Pratt, professor of microbial diseases, Yale.
Robert O. Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis professor, Yale.
Janice R. Naegele, professor of biology, Wesleyan University.
Karla M. Neugebauer, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and of cell biology, Yale.
Anna Marie Pyle, William Edward Gilbert professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology and professor of chemistry, Yale.
Holly E. Rushmeier, professor of computer science, Yale.
Paul H. Singer, chief technology officer, GE Industrial Solutions.
Dennis L. Wright, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, UConn.
