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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

About the Association

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 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.

Year	Faculty Name	Related Stories
Current
2015	Paul Koch	Dean of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences Earth scientist Paul Koch elected 2015 AAAS Fellow
2012	Ilan Benjamin	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Two UCSC professors elected 2012 AAAS Fellows
2012	Sandra Chung	Sandra Chung's Homepage Two UCSC professors elected 2012 AAAS Fellows Sandra Chung elected vice president of Linguistic Society of America
2011	Martin Abadi	Martin Abadi's Homepage Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Computer scientist elected 2011 AAAS Fellow
2010	J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves	Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Bio with Parc
2010	Phokion Kolaitis	Phokion Kolaitis' Homepage UCSC computer scientist earns 'Test-of-Time' award Kolaitis elected to Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
2009	David Draper	Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Three UCSC professors named 2009 AAAS Draper named Fellow of the American Statistical Association
2009	Thorne Lay	Earth and Planetary Sciences Faculty Page Thorne Lay homepage Seismologist elected to AAAS UCSC Seismology Laboratory
2009	Glenn Millhauser	Three UCSC professors named 2009 AAAS
2008	Phillip Crews	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Phil Crews receives outstanding faculty award Research group website
2008	Darrell Long	Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Three UCSC professors elected AAAS Fellows Darrell Long homepage Long appointed to the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair
2008	Pradip Mascharak	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Chemistry professor Pradip Mascharak receives Outstanding Faculty Award Pradip Mascharak wins Gandhi medal for non-resident Indians
2007	Sandra Faber	Astronomy and Astrophysics Faculty Page Astronomer Sandra Faber awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize Astronomer Sandra Faber honored in White House ceremony Wikipedia - Sandra Faber Astronomer to receive Franklin Institute's prestigious Bower Award Astronomer Sandra Faber awarded California Academy of Sciences Fellows Medal Sandra Faber awarded Harvard Centennial Medal Faber among Silicon Valley's 'Women of Influence'
2007	Jin Zhang	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page New nanostructured film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion Chemist elected 2007 AAAS Fellow Zhang named Fellow of American Chemical Society Chemist elected Fellow of American Physical Society DOE funds Zhang for new hydrogen fuel technologies
2006	Olof Einarsdottir	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Olof Einarsdottir honored by AAAS
2006	David Haussler	Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Haussler Lab Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering Research Genomics leader David Haussler to advise Chan Zuckerberg science initiative Haussler awarded prestigious Dan David Prize Howard Hughes Medical Institute with David Haussler UCSC professor awarded Oxford biology prize Bioinformatics expert awarded Oxford's Weldon Memorial Prize UCSC professor to receive Carnegie Mellon's Dickson Prize Haussler honored by computer science group as an innovator Honored by International Society for Computational Biology
2005	Michael Soule	Michael Soule homepage What is Conservation Biology Wikipedia - Michael Soule
2004	Russell Flegal	Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Faculty Page Two UCSC scientists elected AAAS Fellows Flegal receives Outstanding Faculty Award Program funds prof's environmental work in Chile Mercury in California rainwater traced to industrial emissions in Asia UCSC establishes new Department of Environmental Toxicology
2002	David Kliger	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Three UCSC professors elected AAAS Fellows Kliger's budget message to UCSC's Academic Senate Dean of Natural Sciences to deliver annual faculty research lecture A budget message from David Kliger Kliger's Impending Departure Met with Celebration
2002	Marc Mangel	Jack Baskin School of Engineering Faculty Page Marc Mangel's homepage Three UCSC professors elected AAAS Fellows Mangel elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Mangel to chair special committee on seals
2002	Claire Max	Astronomy and Astrophysics Faculty Page Division of Graduate Studies Faculty Excellence Claire Max receives 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award in Physics Princeton awards Madison Medal to astronomer Claire Max CfAO director Claire Max to receive Chabot Science Award
1995	Joel Primack	Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Faculty Page Wikipedia - Joel Primack New book finds meaning in the cosmos Cosmology lectures by Primack now on YouTube Authors will discuss our place in the cosmos in March 9 Lecture Physicist featured in National Geographic documentary UCSC scores high for UC multi-campus research funding
1991	Adrienne Zihlman	Anthropology Faculty Page Anthropologist honored for pioneering research on human evolution Adrienne Zihlman homepage Anthropologist to deliver annual Faculty Research Lecture Study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans
1990	Lynda Goff	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page Lynda Goff homepage Goff honored for research and teaching Four take on top-level administrative positions Accreditation team visits UCSC
1988	John Thompson	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page The Thompson Lab Biologist honored for contributions to ecology Thompson named president-elect of American Society of Naturalists New book on coevolution by biologist John Thompson
1987	Claude Bernasconi	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page
1985	Bruce Margon	Astronomy and Astrophysics Faculty Page UCSC appoints Bruce Margon as vice chancellor of research California Council on Science and Technology
1983	John Pearse	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page PBS - The Shape of Life Biologists receive Lifetime Achievement Award Pearse to give Emeriti Faculty Lecture
1981	Robert Garrison	Ocean Sciences Faculty Page
1967	Jean Langenheim	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page Jean Langenheim homepage Botanist Jean Langenheim recounts her life California Academy of Sciences honors botanist Gift establishes Endowed Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution Endowment supports teaching and research at the Arboretum Langenheim honored by Botanical Society of America Botany journal dedicates 2004 volume to biologist Botanist explores the fascinating world of plant resins Alum follows interest in chemical ecology
	Laurel Fox	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page Fox Lab
	Donald Potts	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Page Donald Potts homepage Accolades Imaging tracks local and global impacts on environment Ocean acidification could have broad effects
	Gregory Rau	Technology captures carbon dioxide from power plants Rau is finalist for ConocoPhillips Energy Prize
	Frank Talamantes	Biologist named vice provost and dean of graduate studies Endocrinologist receives E.E. Just Award
All-Time
2005	M.R.C. Greenwood	Wikipedia - M.R.C. Greenwood Greenwood addresses Washington Greenwood inaugurated as UCSC's chancellor Benefit Dinner to honor former Chancellor STEPS Institute establishes graduate fellowships Chancellor Appointed Provost of UC System Sendoff photos for Chancellor Greenwood
2004	Anthony Fink	Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Page Two UCSC scientists elected AAAS fellows Symposium honors chemistry professor
	Marcia McNutt	McNutt to be nominated as director of U.S. Geological Survey Wikipedia - Marcia McNutt Oceangoing geophysicist McNutt to head USGS UCSC professors named among top 50 women in science
In Memoriam
	Denice Denton	Trailblazing woman in engineering, science and higher education Friends, colleagues remember the late Denton Wikipedia - Denice Denton Denton's life remembered in UCSC memorial ceremony Denton to be invested as ninth chancellor Reporters interview incoming chancellor
	Stanley Flatte	Physicist to give UCSC Emeriti Faculty Lecture Physicist dies at age 66 Colloquium to honor physicist Obituaries - Stanley Flatte
	Karen McNally	Karen McNally, noted seismologist and earthquake risk expert, dies at age 74 Seismologist receives University Medal
1959	Joseph Bunnett	In Memoriam: Joseph Bunnett Giving to UCSC Academic Senate honors Professor with the Dean McHenry Award Book tackles problems posed by chemical weapons

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