Congratulations to Professor Véronique Gouverneur, who has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Founded in 1780, the Academy honours excellence and aims to examine new ideas, address issues of importance, and advance the public good. This year they elected 261 new members from a wide range of disciplines. Most honourees were from the US, with just 37 International Honorary Members including Prof. Gouverneur.
“We are celebrating a depth of achievements in a breadth of areas,” said David Oxtoby, President of the American Academy. “These individuals excel in ways that excite us and inspire us at a time when recognizing excellence, commending expertise, and working toward the common good is absolutely essential to realizing a better future.”
Prof. Gouverneur joins other members of the Department of Chemistry who have been elected to the Academy: Professors David Clary, Carol Robinson, and Peter Edwards. Other recipients include Jennifer Doudna, recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR gene editing, and Michael R. Wasielewski, who will give this year’s Hinshelwood Lectures here in the Department of Chemistry on his work concerning quantum coherence in molecular systems.
