The National Academy of Sciences today elected 72 new members, including nine Harvard faculty members:
- Porter Anderson, senior lecturer, Harvard Medical School
- Michael Hopkins, professor of mathematics
- William G. Kaelin, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor of medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Gary King, Weatherhead University Professor (read a recent report on his work here)
- Kenneth Rogoff, Cabot professor of public policy (read a review of his current book on economic cycles, booms, and busts here and his recent perspectives on the recession and economic outlook here)
- Donald Rubin, Loeb professor of statistics
- Kevin Struhl, Gaiser professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology
- Mary Waters, Zuckerman professor of sociology (read about some of her research on immigration here)
- David Weitz, Mallinckrodt professor of physics and applied physics (see recent reports on his interests in gastrophysics here and more common research problems here)