About the NAS

NAS Council: M. T. Clegg

Born August 1, 1941, in Pasadena, California. B.S. University of California, Davis, 1969; Ph.D. 1972. Instructor (biology), 1972-73; assistant professor, Brown University, 1973-76. Associate professor (botany and genetics), 197682; professor (botany) and professor (genetics), University of Georgia, 1982-84. Visiting scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia, 1981- 82. Professor of Genetics, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 1984-90; Distinguished Professor of Genetics, 1990-2004; Acting Dean, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, 1994-97; Dean, 1997-2000. DONALD BREN PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, 2004-PRESENT. Professional Activities: Associate Editor, Genetics, 1982-88; Associate Editor, Theoretical Population Biology, 1984-87; Associate Editor, The American Naturalist, 1980-84; NIH Genetics Study Section, 1982-86; National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on the Biological Sciences Facilities Center Program, 1987-92; External Committee, Program on Genetic Diversity, International Board of Plant Genetic Resources, 1990; Associate Editor, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 1991-99; Advisory Committee, Program on Molecular Studies of Evolution, Sloan Foundation, 1991-93; Co-Editor, Evolutionary Biology, 1991-2004; Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation Biological Sciences Directorate, 1992-95; External Committee, NFR Research in Genetics, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1992; Committee of Overseers, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 1994-2000, Chair, 2000-2006; Sloan Foundation Advisory Committee, Young Investigator Awards in Molecular Evolution, 1994-95; Steering Committee, University of California Industry Cooperative Program, 1997-2009; Chair, Gordon Conference in Molecular Evolution, 2002; Council of Scientific Advisors, US Environmental Protection Agency, 2002-2007; California Council on Science and Technology, 2003- present; California-Mexico Commission on Science and Education, 2002-06; International Council of Science (ICSU) Committee on Scientific Planning and Review, 2003-09; Board of Governors, U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science, 2005Present, Chair, Board of Governors 2008-Present; Board of Governors, IndoU.S. Forum, 2006 Present; Millennium Science Initiative Technical Committee for Uganda, 2007-Present. Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (fellow); Corresponding Member, National Academy of Exact Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina; Academia de Agronomia and Veterinaria of Argentina; Academia Mexicana de Ciencias; Associate Fellow, Academy of Sciences of the Developing World (TWAS); American Genetic Association (Council, 1982-85; 1999-2002; President, 1987; executive vice president, 1988-92; Key lecturer, 1994); American Society of Naturalists (Vice President, 1985-86); Genetics Society of America; Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (President-elect, President, Past President, 2001-03,); Chair-elect, Chair and Past Chair, AAAS Section on Agriculture, Food and Renewable Resources 2003-05. Recipient: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1981-82; Darwin Prize, Edinburgh University, 1995; Award of Distinction, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1999; Presidential Chair, University of California, Riverside, 2000-02.

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990; member of Class II-Biological Sciences. NAS/NRC Activities: Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, 2002-10; Chair, NAS Council Committee on International Affairs, 2002-10; Chair, International Advisory Board, 2005-06; NRC International Programs Committee, 2002-10; NRC Committee on Global Dialogues on Emerging Science and Technology, 2004-06; Chair, Delegation to the 28th ICSU General Assembly, Shanghai and Suzhou, 2005; Chair, Delegation to the 27th ICSU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, 2002; NRC Committee on Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making, 2002-05; Chair, NRC Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine, 2000-02; NAS Class II Membership Committee, 1999, 1998; NRC Committee on Future Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities for the U.S. Geological Survey, 1998-99; Chair, NRC Commission on Life Sciences, 1998-2001; NRC Steering Committee on Science and Creationism, 1997-99; NRC Oversight Commission for the Ecosystems Panel, 1997-2001; Selection Committee for NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing, 1996-97; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, editorial board, 1996-97; 2001-03; NRC Virtual Commission for Intellectual Property Rights, 1995-97; NRC Virtual Commission on DNA Technology in Forensic Science, 1994-96; Chair, NRC Committee on Scientific Issues in the Endangered Species Act, 1993-95; NRC Committee on Plant Sciences, 1990-92; NRC Commission on Life Sciences, 1990-96; NRC Board on Biology, 1990-93; 1993-2001 (Chair, 1993-98).