Each year, the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences honors distinguished individuals through its Fellowship awards. The awardees constitute a select and prestigious community of scientists, engineers, research physicians, and others deeply concerned about science and science education. Awardees are recognized for extraordinary scientific accomplishments and service to the science community and the public. Academy peers initiate the nomination process. The Board of Directors reviews all nominees and makes its selection on the basis of the quality and extent of accomplishment and service. In 2018, the Board of Directors elected Katya Ravid, Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, Biology and Health Sciences as the new MAS president (see Bio under Duties/Bios and By-Laws).

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NEW FELLOWS IN CONSIDERATION | LIST OF FELLOWS (Past and Present)

List of Fellows

(past and present)

Dr. Charles Alcock Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	calcock@cfa.harvard.edu Phone: 617-495-7100
Dr. Victor Ambros Professor	UMass Medical School Program in Molecular Medicine	Victor.Ambros@umassmed.edu Phone: 508-856-6380
Dr. Frederick Ausubel Professor	Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Molecular Biology	ausubel@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu Phone: 617-726-5969
Dr. W. A. Berggren Scientist Emeritus	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Geology & Geophysics	wberggren@whoi.edu Phone: 508-289-2593
Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia John and Dorthy Wilson Professorship	MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program	sbhatia@mit.edu Phone: 617-324-0221
Dr. David Campbell Professor	Boston University Dept of Physics	dkcampbe@bu.edu Phone: 617-35301948
Dr. Anne Carpenter Imaging Platform Director (faculty equivalent, Principal Investigator)	Broad Institute	anne@broadinstitute.org Phone: 617-714-7750
Dr. Connie Chow	Science Club for Girls UMass Boston Honors College	cchow97@gmail.com Phone: 617-513-1540
Dr. John Coffin Professor	Tufts University Molecular Biology & Microbiology	John.coffin@tufts.edu Phone: 617-636-6528
Dr. Carolyn Cohen (1929 – 2017) Professor Emerita	Brandeis University Biology
Dr. Catherine (Cady) Coleman (COLONEL, USAF, RET.)	NASA An American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut.[1]She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.
Connie Chow PhD, Director	UMass Boston Branch of the STEM AP	cchow97@gmail.com
Dr. Robert Dorit Professor	Smith College Biological Sciences	rdorit@smith.edu Phone: 413-585-3638
Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus (1930-2017) Prefessor Emerita	MIT	MIT ‘Remembering Mildred Dresselhaus’ Link
Claire Duggan Dir-Programs & Operations	Northeastern University STEM	c.duggan@northeastern.edu Phone: 617-373-2036
Dr. Irving Epstein Professor	Brandeis University Dept of Chemistry	epstein@brandeis.edu Phone: 781-736-2503
Dr. G. David Forney Adjunct Professor Emeritus	MIT Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science	forneyd@comcast.net Phone: 617-868-4855
Dr. Lila Gierasch Distinguished Professor	University of Massachusetts Amherst Dept Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	gierasch@biochem.umass.edu Phone: 413-545-6094
Dr. Walter Gilbert Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard	BioVentures Investors Was a founder of Biogen, and served as Chairman and CEO until 1985	Not available
Dr. Roy Glauber Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics	Harvard University Dept of Physics	Laurie_Glimcher@dcfi.harvard.edu Phone: 617-632-4266
Dr. Laurie Glimcher Richard and Susan Smith Professor, HMS President and CEO	Harvard University Medicine Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
Dr. Jeffrey Hall Professor Emeritus	Brandeis University Biology	hall@brandeis.edu
Dr. James Hamilton Professor	Boston University Dept of Physiology and Biophysics	jhamilt@bu.edu 617-638-5048
Dr. Daniel Hartl Higgins Professor of Biology	Harvard University Dept of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology	dhartl@oeb.harvard.edu Phone: 617-496-3357
Dr. Dudley Herschbach Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Emeritus	Harvard University Dept of Chemistry & Chemical Biology	herschbach@chemistry.harvard.edu Phone: 617-495-3218
Dr. Nancy Hopkins Professor Emerita	MIT Department of Biology	nhopkins@MIT.EDU Phone: 617-253-6414
Dr. Evelyn Hu Tarr-Coyne Professor Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering	Harvard University Engineering and Applied Science	ehu@seas.harvard.edu Phone: 617-496-1385
Dr. Joseph Italiano Professor and co-founder, Platelet Biogenesis	Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine	jitaliano@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Dr. Jonathan King Professor	MIT Department of Biology	jaking@MIT.EDU Phone: 617-253-4700
Dr. Nancy Kopell Professor	Boston University Mathematics and Statistics	nk@bu.edu Phone: 617-353-5210
Dr. Eric Lander President and Founding Director	Broad Institute	Send message via web page
Dr. Richard Larson Professor	MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society	rclarson@MIT.EDU Phone: 617-253-3604
Dr. Susan Leeman Professor	Boston University Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics	sleeman@bu.edu Phone: 617-638-4364
Dr. Aviva Lev-Ari Economist, Director & Founder LPBI	Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group, Boston	avivalev-ari@alum.berkeley.edu
Dr. Susan Lindquist (1949-2016) Former Director	MIT Whitehead Institute	Obituary
Dr. Eve Marder Professor	Brandeis University Biology	marder@brandeis.edu Phone: 781-736-3140
Dr. Lynn Margulis (1938-2011)	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Nice life summary
Ms. Sandra Mayrand Co-Director	UMass Medical School (until 2013) Board of Directors, Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair	Could be contacted via LinkedIn
Dr. John McCarthy Acting Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Distinguished University Professor	University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Linguistics	jmccarthy@linguist.umass.edu
Dr. Craig Mello Distinguished Professor	UMass Medical School RNA Therapeutics Institute	Craig.Mello@umassmed.edu Phone: 508-856-1602
Dr. Matthew Meselson Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences	Harvard University Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology	msm@wjh.harvard.edu Phone: 617-495-2264
Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis President and Director, Boston Museum of Science	Museum of Science
Dr. Mary-Lou Pardue Boris Magasanik Professor	MIT Department of Biology	mlpardue@MIT.EDU Phone: (617) 253-6741
Dr. David Pilbeam Professor	Harvard University Department of Human Evolutionary Biology	pilbeam@fas.harvard.edu Phone: 617-495-4736
Dr. Katya Ravid Professor, Center Founding Director Evans Center for IBR and BU –IBRO (MAS president; 2018-)	Boston University Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, Biology and Health Sciences	kravid@bu.edu Phone: 617-3588242
Tom Ricardi	Live Birds of Prey	Mass Bird of Prey rehab Phone: 413-372-8867
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Riley Professor (MAS President thru 2017)	University of Massachusetts Amherst Biology Massachusetts Academy of Sciences	riley@bio.umass.edu Phone: 413-577-1306
Howard Ris (Bud) Ris, president & CEO until 2014	New England Aquarium	Could be contacted via LinkedIn
Dr. Megan Rokop Associate Dean	Broad Institute UMass Boston Honors College	Megan.Rokop@umb.edu Phone: 617-287-5520
Dr. Mandana Sassanfar Lecturer	MIT Department of Biology	mandana@mit.edu Phone: 617-452-4371
Dr. Larisa Schelkin CEO & President & Co-Founding Director of the Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering (DOME) Foundation, Inc	DOME Foundation	Also: CEO, President & Founder, Global STEM Education Ctr
Dr. Richard Schrock F G Keyes Professor of Chemistry	MIT Department of Chemistry	rrs@MIT.EDU Phone: 617-253-1596
Dr. H. Eugene Stanley Professor	Boston University Dept of Physics	hes@bu.edu Phone: 617-353-2617
Dr. Paul Trunfio Senior Research Scientist	Boston University Dept of Physics	trunfio@bu.edu Phone: 617-353-9041
Dr. B. L. Turner Professor	Clark University Graduate School of Geography	bturner@clarku.edu Phone: 508-793-7325/7434
Dr. Bryan Vought Senior Research Scientist	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	bwvought@gmail.com
Dr. Ward Watt Professor	Stanford University Biology	wbwatt@stanford.edu
Dr. Edward O. Wilson University Research Professor Emeritus	Harvard University	ewilson@oeb.harvard.edu
Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister Founding Chief Executive, resigned 2014	Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Immediate Past President & CEOCurrent: President and CEO, Biomedical Growth Strategies LLC and Managing Partner, Biomedical Innovation Advisors LLC	Could be contacted via LinkedIn
Dr. Christos Zahopoulos Associate Professor	Northeastern University CPS-Graduate Programs	c.zahopoulos@northeastern.edu Phone: 617-373-4583
Dr. Maria Zuber Vice President for Research	MIT Office of the Vice President for Research	mtz@MIT.EDU Phone: 617-253-3206