PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:

24-Nov-2014

Contact: Judy Lowry jhlowry@usf.edu 813-974-3181 University of South Florida (USF Innovation)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 24, 2014) - Five faculty members from the University of South Florida in Tampa have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

This year, 401 members from 196 universities and organizations have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Feb. 14, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose, Cal.

Top ranked organizations

With five Fellows, USF is ranked 4th worldwide for organizations with the most AAAS Fellows named this year, tied with Boston University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Tennessee Knoxville and University of Texas at Austin.

Other top ranked organizations include Vanderbilt University in first place with 11 Fellows; Emory University, University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, all tied for second place with eight Fellows each. Tied for third place with six Fellows each are the University of California, Davis, The Ohio State University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cornell University, University of Maryland and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

"The University of South Florida is proud of these outstanding faculty members," said Dr. Paul R. Sanberg, AAAS Fellow and senior vice president for research and innovation at USF. "Their dedication to furthering knowledge and discovery within their fields continues to make USF successful as a global research university."

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