A gathering of NAS members (from left) UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, elected in 2024; distinguished professor Stephen Kowalczykowski, elected in 2007; distinguished professor emeritus Tilahun Yilma, elected in 2004; distinguished professor emeritus J. Clark Lagarias, elected in 2024; and Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor, elected in 1999.

A Gathering of NAS Members

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
 

It was a gathering of scientific giants.

Five UC Davis distinguished professors, all members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),  recently gathered at the home of UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, newly elected member of NAS, to congratulate him, to orient him to NAS, to recommend committee memberships and to detail how the NAS election works.

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