The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced this week the election of two new members from The University of Texas at Austin — mathematician Björn Engquist and ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 入金されない biochemist George Georgiou.
“We are tremendously proud of George for his election into the Academy,” said Sharon L. Wood, dean of the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 入金されない. “He is a pioneer in the fields of protein ラーメンベット 入金されない and therapeutics, and the technologies he has developed are changing the lives of patients around the world.”
Georgiou has paved the way for advances in medicine that improve people’s lives, with discoveries such as a technology that has been incorporated into drugs that fight macular degeneration and osteoporosis. Engquist's numerical tools are used in areas ranging from homeland security to image processing to oil-reservoir modeling.
“Having our scientist and mathematician elected to the academy reflects the far-reaching impact of UT Austin researchers," said Linda Hicke, dean of The University of ラーメンベット 入金されない at Austin's College of Natural Sciences.
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Members of the 2015 class include winners of the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize; MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; and Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.
The new class will be inducted at a ceremony Oct. 10 at the academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
