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Faculty Researchers and Scholars


The faculty of OSU are active leaders and influencers in a wide range of disciplines. Listed here are only some of their national and international recognitions and honors.

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished Professors

Additional Honors

 

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

NAS is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Members and foreign associates of the Academy are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research; election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer.

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James Carrington, professor of botany and plant pathology and a pioneer in the study of “small RNA” in genetic regulation, is the OSU faculty member most recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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The following Oregon State University faculty have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The year of election is indicated.

JAMES CARRINGTON, Botany and Plant Pathology, 2008

G. BRENT DALRYMPLE, Geology, 1993

HAROLD EVANS, Plant Biology, 1972

JANE LUBCHENCO, Environmental Sciences and Ecology, 1996

K. VAN HOLDE, Biophysics and Computational Biology, 1989

 


The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, "Triple A-S" (AAAS), is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.

The following Oregon State University faculty, current and past, have been elected as Fellows of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The year of election is indicated.

The AAAS, founded in 1848, is the world's largest federation of scientific and engineering societies. Fellowship is a prestigious honor conferred on members with distinguished accomplishments in the advancement of science or its application. The year of AAAS election is indicated.

ROY G. ARNOLD, 1982

WARREN E. KRONSTAD, 1991

WILLIAM M. BAIRD, 1998

JOYCE LOPER, 2008

C. J. BAYNE, 1997

JANE LUBCHENCO*, 1990

ANDREW R. BLAUSTEIN, 1998

CHRISTOPHER K. MATHEWS, 1965

L. BOERSMA, 1987

BRUCE MENGE, 1991

JOHN V. BYRNE, 1981

FRANK L. MOORE, 1991

JAMES CARRINGTON, 2004

CHRISTOPHER C. MUNDT, 2003

JOHN M. CASSADY, 1990

MARY J. NYE, 1998

KENTON LEE CHAMBERS, 1991

MINOCHER C. REPORTER, 1965

JAMES A. COAKLEY, JR., 2006

PHILIP J. SIEMENS, 1991

STELLA MELUGIN COAKLEY, 1999

COURTLAND SMITH, 1971

JAMES W. DEARDORFF, 1986

ROBERT LLOYD SMITH, 1990

TOM DIETTERICH, 2008

STEVEN STRAUSS, 2008

PAUL FARBER, 1997

T. DARRAH THOMAS, 1980

JOHN B. HAYS, 2001

K. VAN HOLDE, 1999

KENNETH HEDBERG, 1985

CONRAD J. WEISER, 1988

GEORGE H. KELLER, 1998

DAWN WRIGHT, 2008

 

ROBERT S. YEATS, 1992

* served as AAAS President


American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.

STEVAN JAMES ARNOLD

EMERY NEAL CASTLE

JANE LUBCHENCO

MARY JO NYE

KENSAL EDWARD VAN HOLDE

 


 

Distinguished Professors

Oregon State University faculty achieve national and international stature as a result of their contributions to scholarship and creative activity, research, education, and service. Some whose work has been notably influential in their fields of specialization have been named OSU Distinguished Professors. see the list of all OSU faculty, current and past, honored as Distinguished Professors

Image of: man. Those so honored most recently are Tracy Daugherty [left], English and Creative Writing, Department of English, and Steven H. Strauss [right], Forest Biotechnology, Department of Forest Science. Image of: man and flowers.

 


Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

UN-KU MOON, a member of OSU’s top-ranked mixed-signal integration system research cluster, was elected a fellow in 2009, and cited for his contributions to low voltage complementary metal-oxide semiconductor mixed-signal technolog

ANNETTE VON JOUANNE, the founder of OSU’s wave energy program, was elected a fellow in 2009 for her contributions to this rapidly emerging field.


 

National Academy of Engineering

OCTAVE LEVENSPIEL (Chemical Engineering), 2000


 

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