Seven Arts and Sciences faculty members join a very distinguished group of colleagues who are recognized around the world as key innovators and leaders in their fields. The Arts and Sciences faculty selected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and their citations include:

Michael Chan, professor of biochemistry, chemistry and molecular and cellular biochemistry: For Distinguished contributions to the field of biochemistry, particularly for the structural characterization of metalloproteins and the codiscovery of the 22nd genetically-encoded amino acid pyrrolysine.

Craig J. Forsyth, professor of chemistry: For distinguished contributions to the field of complex natural product synthesis and synthesis of analogues for determination of their modes of biological activity.

Dehua Pei, professor of chemistry: For distinguished contributions to the field of mechanistic enzymology and to the development and application of chemical methods to biological problems.

Bradley M. Peterson, professor and chair of astronomy: For pioneering innovative methods to measure the masses of black holes in active galactic nuclei and to map the distributions of gas around them.

Marc Howard Pinsonneault, professor of astronomy: For distinguished contributions to models of the structure of the sun and stars, with important implications for solar abundances, big bang nucleosynthesis and neutrino physics.

Sheldon G. Shore, Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and professor of chemistry: For distinguished contributions in the areas of synthetic and mechanic boron hydride chemistry and metal cluster chemistry and their application to developing efficient hydrogenation catalysts.

Samuel D. Stout, professor of anthropology: For distinguished contributions to skeletal biology and forensic anthropology, especially in regard to the central role of histological structures for documenting life history.

The new Fellows will be honored for their achievements in ceremonies during the annual meeting of the AAAS in Washington, DC in February.