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The National Academy of Sciences meets annually in Washington, D.C., which is documented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), its scholarly journal. The National Academies Press is the publisher for the National Academies and makes more than 5,000 publications freely available on its website.
This list of members of the National Academy of Sciences includes approximately 2,000 members and 350 foreign associates of the United States National Academy of Sciences, each of whom is affiliated with one of 31 disciplinary sections. Each person's name, primary institution, and election year are given.
Membership of the National Academy of Sciences is an award granted to scientists that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States judges to have made “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research”. [1] [4] Membership is a mark of excellence in science and one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.
The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine are honorary membership organizations, each of which has its own governing Council, and each of which elects its own new members. The membership of the three academies totals more than 6,300 scientists, engineers, and health professionals.
The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, [2] Andrew Oliver, and other Founding Fathers of the United States. [3]
This list is a subsection of the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences, which includes approximately 2,500 living members and 500 foreign associates of the United States National Academy of Sciences, each of whom is affiliated with one of 31 disciplinary sections. Members are listed under their primary subsection and each person's ...
PNAS was established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1914, [note 1] [8] [9]: 30 with its first issue published in 1915. The NAS itself was founded in 1863 as a private institution, but chartered by the United States Congress, with the goal to "investigate, examine, experiment and report upon any subject of science or art."
Pages in category "Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,594 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *