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| BATON ROUGE – Three LSU researchers have been awarded the distinction of being named American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, Fellows. Claude Bouchard: For contributions to understanding heritability of human physiological characteristics and the biology of obesity and for his leadership as an executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Kam-Biu Liu: For pioneering research on geologic evidence of hurricane recurrence frequencies and for improved understanding of climate change in Andean and Tibetan high mountain environments. E. W. Plummer: For the development of instrumentation and its use to illuminate new concepts in the surface physics of metals and for the mentoring of promising young scientists. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers in recognition of their efforts toward advancing science applications deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. New fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold or blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Currently, members can be considered for the rank of fellow if nominated by the steering groups of the association’s 24 sections, or by any three fellows who are current AAAS members – so long as two of the three sponsors are not affiliated with the nominee’s institution – or by the AAAS chief executive officer. Each steering group then reviews the nominations of individuals within its respective section and a final list is forwarded to the AAAS Council, which votes on the aggregate list. The council is the policymaking body of the association, chaired by the AAAS president, and consisting of the members of the Board of Directors, the Retiring Section Chairs, delegates from each electorate and each regional division and two delegates from the National Association of Academies of Science. About AAAS AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science. AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. The non-profit AAAS, found at www.aaas.org, is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education and more. -30- |
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