Leadership and Governance
The National Academy of Sciences is governed by a 17-member Council, which includes five officers (president, vice president, home secretary, foreign secretary, and treasurer) and 12 Councilors elected from among the Academy membership.
Officers |
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President |
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Vice President Diane Griffin Professor and Chair Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Term expires: June 30, 2017 |
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Home Secretary Susan Wessler Distinguished Professor of Genetics Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California, Riverside Term expires: June 30, 2019 |
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Foreign Secretary John Hildebrand Regents Professor Department of Neuroscience College of Science University of Arizona Term expires: June 30, 2018 |
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Treasurer |
Councilors |
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Susan G. Amara Scientific Director Intramural Research Program National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health Term expires: June 30, 2019 |
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Sylvia T. Ceyer J. C. Sheehan Professor of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Term expires: June 30, 2018 |
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Karen S. Cook Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology Stanford University Term expires: June 30, 2017 |
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Jeffrey M. Friedman Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor The Rockefeller University Term expires: June 30, 2018 |
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Fred H. Gage Vi and John Adler Professor Laboratory of Genetics Salk Institute for Biological Studies Term expires: June 30, 2019 |
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Susan Hanson Distinguished University Professor Emerita School of Geography Clark University Term expires: June 30, 2018 |
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Evelyn L. Hu Tarr-Coyne Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Term expires: June 30, 2019 |
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Laura L. Kiessling Steenbock Professor of Chemistry and Laurens Anderson Professor of Biochemistry Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison Term expires: June 30, 2019 |
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Peter Kim Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry Stanford ChEM-H Stanford University School of Medicine Term expires: June 30, 2018 |
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Nancy Moran |
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Margaret Murnane |
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Randy Schekman Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley Term expires: June 30, 2017 |
