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Eleven researchers affiliated with the Simons Foundation have been elected as 2022 members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The new members include Michael Shelley, director of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Biology.
The researchers are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected to join the academy this year. The National Academy of Sciences is a private nonprofit organization of some of the leading scientific researchers in the U.S. The organization seeks to provide independent objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology. Members are elected to the academy by their peers for outstanding contributions to research. Including its newest class, the academy now has 2,512 active members and 517 international members.
Alfred V. Aho
Columbia University
Mathematics and Physical Sciences Scientific Advisory Board (2015–2018)
Fedor A. Bogomolov
New York University Courant Institute
2016 Simons Fellow in Mathematics; 2014 CollaborationGrant for Mathematicians Awardee
Elizabeth A. Buffalo
University of Washington
Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
Betty Diamond
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Michael Harris
Columbia University
2020 Simons Fellow in Mathematics
Svetlana Jitomirskaya
University of California, Irvine
2020 Simons Fellow in Mathematics; 2014 Simons Fellow in Mathematics
Chung-Pei Ma
University of California, Berkeley
2012 Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics
Joel Moore
University of California, Berkeley
2013 Simons Investigator in Physics
Eve C. Ostriker
Princeton University
Simons Collaboration on Learning the Universe; 2017 Simons Investigator in Astrophysics
Toniann Pitassi
Columbia University; University of Toronto
Simons Collaboration on the Theory of Algorithmic Fairness
Michael Shelley
Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute; New York University Courant Institute
