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National Academy of Sciences

Established in 1863, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorary society engaged in scientific and engineering research that is dedicated to promoting science and technology for the welfare of society. The academy is mandated by Congress to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.

  • Hans C. Andersen,* Chemistry
  • Bruce S. Baker,* Biological Sciences
  • Malcolm R. Beasley,* Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
  • Dominique Bergmann, Biology
  • Joseph Berry, Carnegie Institution; by courtesy Biology
  • Carolyn Bertozzi, Chemistry
  • Roger Blandford, Physics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Barbara Block, Biology and Oceans
  • Steven Block, Applied Physics, Biological Sciences
  • Gordon H. Bower,* Psychology
  • Steven Boxer, Chemistry
  • John I. Brauman,* Chemistry
  • Joan Bresnan,* Linguistics
  • Richard G. Brewer, consulting professor, Applied Physics
  • Winslow R. Briggs,* Biological Sciences
  • Philip Bucksbaum, Applied Physics
  • Robert L. Byer, Applied Physics
  • Blas Cabrera, Physics
  • Emanuel Candès, Mathematics, Statistics
  • Allan M. Campbell,* Biological Sciences
  • Steven Chu,* Applied Physics, Physics
  • James P. Collman,* Chemistry
  • Karen Cook, Sociology
  • Hongie Dai, Chemistry
  • Gretchen Daily, Biological Sciences
  • Persi Diaconis, Statistics, Mathematics
  • Savas Dimopoulos, Physics
  • Rudolfo Dirzo, Biological Sciences
  • David Donoho, Statistics
  • Persis Drell, Physics
  • Carol Dweck, Psychology
  • Jennifer Eberhardt, Psychology
  • Bradley Efron, Statistics
  • Paul Ehrlich, Biological Sciences
  • Yakov Eliashberg, Mathematics
  • Michael D. Fayer, Chemistry
  • James D. Fearon, Political Science
  • Martin Fejer, Applied Physics
  • Marcus Feldman, Biology
  • John Ferejohn,* Political Science, Hoover Institution
  • Christopher B. Field, Biological Sciences
  • Morris P. Fiorina, Jr., Political Science, Hoover Institution
  • Daniel S. Fisher, Applied Physics
  • John H. Flavell,* Psychology
  • Charles Frake,* Anthropology
  • Jerome Friedman,* Statistics
  • Judith Frydman, Biology
  • Theodore H. Geballe,* Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mark Granovetter, Sociology
  • Robert E. Hall, Economics, Hoover Institution
  • Philip Hanawalt, Biological Sciences
  • Stephen E. Harris,* Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
  • Keith Hodgson, Chemistry
  • Matthew O. Jackson, Economics
  • Iain Johnstone, Statistics, Biostatistics
  • Aharon Kapitulnik, Physics
  • Donald Kennedy,* Biological Sciences
  • Chaitan Khosla, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Steven Allan Kivelson, Physics
  • Richard G. Klein, Anthropology
  • Anne O. Krueger,* Economics
  • David Laitin, Political Science
  • Robert B. Laughlin, Physics, Applied Physics
  • Margaret Levi, Political Science
  • Andrei Linde, Physics
  • Sharon R. Long, Biological Sciences
  • Liqun Luo, Biological Sciences
  • Eleanor E. Maccoby,* Psychology
  • James G. March,* Political Science, Sociology, Business
  • Ellen Markman, Psychology
  • Hazel Markus, Psychology
  • Todd Martinez, Chemistry, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Jay McClelland, Psychology
  • Susan McConnell, Biology
  • Paul R. Milgrom, Economics
  • William E. Moerner, Chemistry
  • Kathryn "Kam" Moler, Applied Physics and Physics
  • Harold Mooney,* Biological Sciences
  • Donald S. Ornstein,* Mathematics
  • Douglas Osheroff,* Physics
  • Steve Palumbi, Hopkins/Biology
  • George C. Papanicolaou, Mathematics
  • Monika Piazzesi, Economics
  • Stephen Quake, Bioengineering, Applied Physics
  • John R. Rickford, Linguistics
  • John Ross,* Chemistry
  • Lee D. Ross, Psychology
  • Alvin E. Roth, Economics
  • Thomas Sargent,* Economics
  • Richard Schoen,* Mathematics
  • Carla Shatz, Biological Sciences, Neurobiology
  • Zhi-Xun Shen, Physics, Applied Physics, Photon Science
  • Stephen Shenker, Physics
  • Roger N. Shepard,* Psychology
  • David O. Siegmund, Statistics
  • Edward I. Solomon, Chemistry
  • George Somero,* Biological Sciences
  • Christopher Somerville, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Institution
  • Charles Stein,* Statistics
  • Joseph Stiglitz,* Economics
  • Leonard Susskind, Physics
  • Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Biology
  • Alice Ting, Genetics and Biology
  • Florencia Torche, Sociology
  • Barry Trost, Chemistry
  • Peter M. Vitousek, Biological Sciences
  • Brian A. Wandell, Psychology
  • Barry Weingast, Political Science
  • Paul A. Wender, Chemistry
  • Carl Wieman, Physics
  • Charles Yanofsky,* Biological Sciences
  • Richard N. Zare, Chemistry
  • Shoucheng Zhang, Physics

*Emeritus