National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Member
Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.
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Illinois Recipients
^emeritus/retired faculty
*alumnus/alumna
ºdeceased
Recipient | Department | Award Year |
---|---|---|
Roger Adamsº | Chemistry | 1929 |
Elizabeth (Lisa) Ainsworth | Plant Biology | 2020 |
David Aspnes* | Physics | 1998 |
Robert Austin* | Physics | 1999 |
Renee Baillargeon | Psychology | 2015 |
David Bakerº | Animal, Nutritional, & Applied Microbial Sciences | 2005 |
John Bardeenº | Electrical & Computer Engineering & Physics | 1954 |
Gordon Baym^ | Physics | 1982 |
Peter Beak^ | Chemistry | 2003 |
Arnold Beckman* | Chemistry | 1999 |
May Berenbaum | Entomology | 1994 |
Kathryn Bock^ | Psychology | 2015 |
Marvin Bryantº | Animal, Nutritional, & Applied Microbial Sciences | 1994 |
Donald Burkholderº | Mathematics | 1992 |
John Carbon* | Biochemistry | 1986 |
David Ceperley | Physics | 2006 |
Alfred Cho* | Electronic Engineering | 1985 |
Joanne Chory* | Plant Biology | 1999 |
Ralph Cicerone*º | Geophysics | 1990 |
Arthur Coble^º | Mathematics | 1924 |
Robert Collier* | Microbial Biology | 1991 |
John Cronan | Microbiology and Biochemistry | 2017 |
David Curtinº | Chemistry | 1964 |
Gary Dell | Psychology | 2015 |
Scott Denmark | Chemistry | 2018 |
J Doobº | Mathematics | 1957 |
Sidney Drell* | Physics | 1969 |
Harry Drickamerº | Chemical Engineering & Physics | 1965 |
Floyd Dunnº | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1990 |
Gert Ehrlich^º | Physics | 1986 |
Ernest Eliel* | Chemistry | 1972 |
Stephen Elledge* | Medical Genetics, Hematology, and Oncology | 2003 |
Eduardo Fradkin | Physics | 2013 |
Gottfried Fraenkel^º | Cellular & Developmental Biology | 1968 |
Hans Frauenfelder^º | Physics | 1975 |
Lambert Freund* | Materials Science & Engineering | 1977 |
Elaine Fuchs* | Cellular and Developmental Biology | 1996 |
R.C. Fuson^º | Chemistry | 1944 |
Nigel Goldenfeld | Physics | 2010 |
Steve Granick^ | Materials Science & Engineering | 2015 |
Laura Greene^ | Physics | 2006 |
William Greenough | Psychology | 1992 |
Martin Gruebele | Chemistry | 2013 |
Irwin Gunsalus | Biochemistry | 1965 |
Harry Gutowskyº | Chemistry | 1960 |
Lowell Hager | Biochemistry | 1995 |
Thomas Hanratty | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 1999 |
Jack Harlan | Plant, Soil, & Microbial Sciences | 1972 |
Karl Hess^ | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2003 |
Ernest Hilgard* | Psychology | 1948 |
Nick Holonyak, Jr.^* | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 1984 |
Icko Iben^ | Astronomy | 1985 |
Jiri Jonas^ | Chemistry | 1985 |
Susan Kieffer^ | Geology | 1986 |
Miles Klein^ | Physics | 1998 |
Paul Lauterbur | Chemistry | 1985 |
Anthony Leggett | Physics | 1997 |
Stephen Long | Plant Biology; Crop Sciences | 2019 |
Nelson Leonard^º | Chemistry | 1955 |
Francis Loomis^º | Physics | 1949 |
William McMillan | Physics | 1982 |
Douglas Melton* | Cellular and Developmental Biology | 1995 |
Robert Metcalf | Animal, Nutritional, & Applied Microbial Sciences | 1967 |
Jeffrey Moore | Chemistry | 2017 |
Catherine Murphy | Chemistry | 2015 |
Nathan Newmark*º | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 1966 |
Donald Ort | Plant Biology | 2017 |
Charles Osgood^º | Psychological & Cognitive Sciences | 1972 |
Albert Overhauser*º | Physics | 1976 |
Norman Pace* | Microbial Biology | 1991 |
Gary Parker | Geology and Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2017 |
Tommy Phillips | Plant Biology | 1999 |
David Pines^º | Physics | 1973 |
C Prosser | Physiology & Pharmacology | 1974 |
Alfred Redfield* | Physics | 1979 |
Gene Robinson | Institute for Genomic Biology | 2005 |
Worth Rodebush | Chemistry | 1938 |
William Rose | Biochemistry | 1936 |
Glenn Salisbury | Animal, Nutritional, & Applied Microbial Sciences | 1974 |
William Schowalter* | Engineering Sciences | 1998 |
John Schrieffer*º | Physics | 1971 |
Frederick Seitzº | Physics | 1951 |
Phillip Sharp* | Cellular and Developmental Biology | 1983 |
Charles Slichter^º | Physics | 1967 |
Sol Spiegelman^º | Microbiology | 1965 |
Dale Van Harlingen | Physics | 2003 |
Gregorio Weberº | Biochemistry | 1975 |
Carl Woeseº | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | 1988 |
Ralph Wolfe^º | Microbiology | 1981 |