Northwestern Chemistry NAS Members
In honor of Mercouri Kanatzidis becoming the 20th Northwestern Chemistry faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences, we celebrate all the Northwestern Chemistry faculty members who have received this prestigious recognition for their work in chemistry or biochemistry.
1970 Irving Klotz1977 John Pople*1979 Fred Basolo1979 Myron Bender1984 James Ibers1986 Robert Letsinger1993 Tobin Marks |
2002 Mark Ratner2005 George Schatz2006 Brian Hoffman2010 Richard Van Duyne2010 Chad Mirkin2012 Monica Olvera de la Cruz2014 J. Fraser Stoddart* |
2017 Amy Rosenzweig2020 Samuel Stupp2021 Michael Wasielewski2023 Richard Silverman2023 Teri Odom2024 Mercouri Kanatzidis*International Member |
Scientists are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and ongoing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence and is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.