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Twenty scientists and engineers at the University of Washington are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for “their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.”
Current academy members selected 29 of the new members. An additional nine were elected by virtue of joining one of the National Academies.
New UW members who were elected by current academy members are:
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Five faculty members at the University of Washington are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The new members include 59 women, the most chosen in a single year, according to an April 26 announcement by the academy.
The five new members from the UW are:
Anna Karlin, professor of computer science and engineering
Rachel Klevit, professor of biochemistry
Randall LeVeque, professor emeritus of applied mathematics
Julie Theriot, professor of biology
Rachel Wong, professor of biological structure
Anna Karlin
Karlin, who holds the Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, works in theoretical computer science. She earned a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and a doctoral degree in computer science at Stanford University. Before joining the UW faculty in 1994, she worked for five years at what was then the Digital Equipment Corporation’s Systems Research Cent