Meet Our Members of the National Academies
The national academies, dating back to 1780, are organizations of leading academics across the United States founded to promote the humanities, sciences, and technology, advance innovation and research, and provide resources to our country in responding to the challenges of the day. Members and fellows of the national academies celebrate and promote the excellence of our highest achieving faculty members at all institutions of higher education in the United States and support the ongoing advancement of the common good across the country through the funding of research, the awarding of prizes for exemplary work, and the promotion of lifelong journeys in academia. In addition to the national academies recognized by the members of Congress—the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences—on this page we also recognized the Rutgers members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors.
Meet the New 2024–25 Members of the National Academies
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John Keene (Newark)
Distinguished Professor
Department of African American and African Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2024Nancy Yunhwa Rao (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Music Theory, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Election Year: 2024Eileen White (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Arts and Sciences
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Election Year: 2024Derrick Darby (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Henry Rutgers Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2023B. Gabriel Kotliar (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2022Endre Szemerédi (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2022Joan W. Bennett (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology
Department of Plant Biology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Election Year: 2021Jonathan Holloway (New Brunswick)
President
University Professor
Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2019David Vanderbilt (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2019Helen Berman (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2018Richard Ebright (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Election Year: 2016Daniel Friedan (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2014Karin M. Rabe (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2013Eva Andrei (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2012Thomas Banks (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2011Frances Kamm (New Brunswick)
Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2011Martin Blaser (RBHS)
Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome
Professor
Department of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Election Year: 2011Gregory Moore (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2011Daniel Hausman (New Brunswick)
Research Professor
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Election Year: 2009Stephen P. Stich (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2009Thomas Jackson Lears (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History
Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2009Alan Leslie (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2008Alvin I. Goldman (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2004Dennis V. Kent (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor of Geological Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2004Paul Falkowski (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Rutgers Energy Institute
Election Year: 2003Charles R. Gallistel (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
CoDirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 2001Ernest Sosa (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2001Rochel Gelman (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
CoDirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 1999Rachel Hadas (Newark)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor
Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences Newark
Election Year: 1995Henryk Iwaniec (New Brunswick)
New Jersey Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1995David Mechanic (New Brunswick)
Retired
René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1993Donald R. Kelley (New Brunswick)
Retired
James Westfall Thompson Professor of History Emeritus
Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1978
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Lily Y. Young (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor and Dean of International Programs
Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)
Election Year: 2023Martin Yarmush (New Brunswick)
Paul and Mary Monroe Chair and Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2017Michael Lesk (New Brunswick)
Retired
Professor
Department of Library and Information Science, School of Communication and Information
Election Year: 2005Richard H. Frenkiel (New Brunswick)
Visiting Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB)
Election Year: 1997Lawrence R. Rabiner (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Information Processing
Election Year: 1983Bernard H. Kear (New Brunswick)
Retired
New Jersey Professor of Materials Science and Technology
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Director, Center for Nanomaterials Research
Election Year: 1979John B. Wachtman Jr. (New Brunswick)
Retired
Professor Emeritus
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 1976
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Fellows
Thomas Nosker (New Brunswick)
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2024Fred Russell Kramer (RBHS)
Professor of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Associate Director for Business Development
Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey School of Medicine
Election Year: 2023Patrick J. Sinko (RBHS)
Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics
Parke-Davis Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Election Year: 2023Maria Laura Gennaro (RBHS)
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health, New Jersey School of Medicine
Public Health Research Institute
Election Year: 2022Yingying Chen (New Brunswick)
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Wireless Information Network Laboratory
Election Year: 2021Edmond J. LaVoie (RBHS)
Retired
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Election Year: 2018Richard Riman (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2017
Richard Frenkiel (New Brunswick)
Visiting Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Senior Advisor, Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB)
Election Year: 2015Nicholi Vorsa (New Brunswick)
Retired
Professor Emeritus
Department of Plant Biology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Election Year: 2014Martin Yarmush (New Brunswick)
Lifetime Fellow
Paul and Mary Monroe Chair and Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2015Joachim Kohn (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2013Richard Mammone (New Brunswick)
Retired
Professor Emeritus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2013
Senior MembersMehdi Javanmard (New Brunswick)
Professor
Paul S. & Mary W. Monroe Endowed Faculty Scholar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2023Bernard Kear (New Brunswick)
Retired
Professor Emeritus
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
Election Year: 2020Jeffrey Laskin (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health
Election Year: 2018
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Shawna Hudson (RBHS)
Vice Chancellor for Dissemination and Implementation Science
Senior Associate Dean for Population Health Research
Director, RWJMS Center Advancing Research and Evaluation for Person-Centered Care (CARE-PC)
Professor
Election Year: 2024Martin Blaser (RBHS)
Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome
Department of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Election Year: 2011Joel DeLisa (RBHS)
Retired
Professor Emeritus and Chairman
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School
Election Year: 2011
William L. Holzemer (RBHS)
Distinguished Professor
School of Nursing
Election Year: 2003Brian Strom (RBHS)
Chancellor
University Professor
Rutgers Global Health Institute
Election Year: 2001Howard Leventhal (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology
Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1997Robert Barchi (RBHS)
President Emeritus
University Professor
Election Year: 1993Casimir A. Kulikowski (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1988Louise B. Russell (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1984David Mechanic (New Brunswick)
Retired
René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1971
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Thomas Banks (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2023Helen Berman (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2023Monica Driscoll (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2023Eileen White (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Arts and Sciences
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Election Year: 2021Gregory W. Moore (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2020Masayori Inouye (RBHS)
Retired
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Election Year: 2019Gabriel Kotliar (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2019Eva Andrei (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2013Karin Rabe (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2013David Vanderbilt (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2013Bonnie J. McCay Merritt (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor
Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Election Year: 2012Endre Szemerédi (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2010Hugo K. Dooner (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences;
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Election Year: 2007Paul G. Falkowski (New Brunswick)
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Rutgers Energy Institute
Election Year: 2007Rochel Gelman (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
CoDirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 2006Henryk Iwaniec (New Brunswick)
New Jersey Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2006Joan W. Bennett (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor
Associate Vice President for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Election Year: 2005Dennis V. Kent (New Brunswick)
Retired
Board of Governors Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 2004Charles R. Gallistel (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Codirector, Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Election Year: 2002David Mechanic (New Brunswick)
Retired
René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Election Year: 1991Lawrence R. Rabiner (New Brunswick)
Retired
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Information Processing
Election Year: 1990William A. Berggren (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1989Joel Lebowitz (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Professor, George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1980Morrel Cohen (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Scientist
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1978James C. Phillips (New Brunswick)
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences
Election Year: 1977Evelyn M. Witkin (New Brunswick)
Retired
Barbara McClintock Professor Emerita of Genetics
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Election Year: 1977
National Academies Reception
Academic Affairs hosted a networking event for members of the National Academics on January 26, 2023, at the Zimmerli Art Museum. This gathering, the first since the Pandemic, celebrated the newly named inductees in the most recent years.
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