Seven Stanford Researchers Named to National Academy of Sciences

<p>The National Academy of Sciences &lpar;NAS&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nasonline&period;org&sol;news&sol;2025-nas-election&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">announced<&sol;a> 120 newly elected members&comma; including seven Stanford University researchers&period; Scientists are elected to the NAS by their peers &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research&period;” The NAS provides advice to the United States government on matters related to science&comma; engineering&comma; and health policy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new members from Stanford are&colon;<strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;shanhui-fan" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Shanhui Fan<&sol;a>&colon; the Joseph and Hon Mai Goodman Professor and professor of electrical engineering in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;engineering&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">School of Engineering<&sol;a>&period; Fan is a senior fellow at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;energy&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Precourt Institute for Energy<&sol;a> and a member of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;biox&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Stanford Bio-X<&sol;a>&period;<strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;david-grusky" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">David Grusky<&sol;a>&colon; the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics and professor of sociology in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;humsci&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">School of Humanities &amp&semi; Sciences<&sol;a> &lpar;H&amp&semi;S&rpar; and the director of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;inequality&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Center on Poverty and Inequality<&sol;a>&period; Grusky is also a senior fellow of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;siepr&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research<&sol;a> &lpar;SIEPR&rpar; and a faculty affiliate of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;hai&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence<&sol;a>&period;<strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;michelle-monje-deisseroth" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Michelle Monje<&sol;a>&colon; the Milan Gambhir Professor in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology and professor of pediatric neurology in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;med&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">School of Medicine &lpar;Stanford Medicine&rpar;<&sol;a>&period; Monje is also a member of Bio-X&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;med&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;stemcell" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine<&sol;a>&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;chri&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Maternal &amp&semi; Child Health Research Institute<&sol;a>&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cancer&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Stanford Cancer Institute<&sol;a>&comma; and the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;neuroinstitute&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;jonathan-pritchard" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Jonathan Pritchard<&sol;a>&colon; professor of genetics in Stanford Medicine and the Bing Professor of Population Studies and professor of biology in H&amp&semi;S&period; Pritchard is also a member of Bio-X&period;<strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;cecilia-ridgeway" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Cecilia Ridgeway<&sol;a>&colon; the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences&comma; Emerita&comma; and professor emerita of sociology in H&amp&semi;S&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;kang-shen" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Kang Shen<&sol;a>&colon; the Frank Lee and Carol Hall Professor and professor of biology in H&amp&semi;S&comma; the Vincent V&period;C&period; Woo Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute&comma; professor of pathology in Stanford Medicine&comma; and member of Bio-X&period;<strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;risa-wechsler" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Risa Wechsler<&sol;a>&colon; the Humanities and Sciences Professor and professor of physics in H&amp&semi;S&comma; and professor of particle physics and astrophysics at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www6&period;slac&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory<&sol;a>&period; Wechsler is also director of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;kipac&period;stanford&period;edu&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self">Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;