Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Elects Eight New Members from Yale

Six Yale faculty members in the biological and medical sciences are among 33 of Connecticut‘s leading experts in science, engineering, and technology elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering this year. The new members were introduced at the Academy‘s 38th annual meeting and dinner on May 22 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

The six newly elected members from Yale University and the Yale School of Medicine are: Eric Altman, Ph.D., professor of chemical and environmental engineering; John Carlson, Ph.D., the Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Jorge Galán, D.V.M., Ph.D., the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and professor of cell biology, and chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis; George Lister, M.D., chair and the Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics and professor of cellular and molecular physiology; J. Patrick Loria, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and of molecular biophysics and biochemistry; and Marina Picciotto, Ph.D., the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and professor of neurobiology and of pharmacology, and assistant chair for basic science research.

Scholars are elected to the Academy on the basis of scientific and engineering distinction achieved through significant contributions in theory or applications as demonstrated by original published books and papers; patents; the pioneering of new and developing fields and innovative products; outstanding leadership of nationally recognized technical teams; and external professional awards in recognition of scientific and engineering excellence.