American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is both an honorary society that recognizes and rewards the accomplishments of its members and a research institute that convenes leaders across disciplines, professions, and perspectives to explore major issues and examine new ideas, address concerns of importance to the nation and the world, and work together for the advancement of a free, independent, and virtuous people, as well as their honor, dignity, and happiness.
Guided by the commitment to its values, the Academy’s work is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary. Current areas of focus include: Arts & Humanities, Democracy & Justice, Education, Energy & Environment, Global Affairs and Science & Technology. The Academy addresses critical challenges facing our global society. Learn more about our areas of focus.
They honor the excellence and leadership of exceptional people from all disciplines and practices.
UCLA Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
| Name | Elected | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Elihu Abrahams | 1990 | Physics and Astronomy |
| John Agnew | 2013 | Geography |
| John Agnew | 2022 | Geography |
| Walter Allen | 2022 | Education, Sociology and African American Studies |
| Frank Anet | 1988 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Arthur P. Arnold | 1998 | Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Sudipto Banerjee | 2020 | Public Health |
| Utpal Banerjee | 2009 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Marcia J. Bates | 1990 | Information Studies |
| Linda Baum | 2014 | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Jackson Beatty | 1987 | Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Charles F. Bennett Jr | 1965 | Geography |
| Richard A. Berk | 1989 | Statistics |
| Douglas Black | 2015 | Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Terence Blanchard | 2021 | Music; Global Jazz Studies |
| Gene D. Block | 1996 | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Dean Bok | 1967 | Neurobiology |
| Christine Borgman | 1989 | Information Studies |
| James Bowie | 2008 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Paul Boyer | 1968 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Jonathan Braun | 2001 | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Ron Brookmeyer | 1997 | Public Health |
| Donald G. Buth | 1987 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| John H. Campbell | 1994 | Neurobiology |
| Albert Carnesale | 2008 | Public Policy; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Genhong Cheng | 2012 | Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Marie-Françoise Chesselet | 2010 | Neurobiology |
| Francesco Chiappelli | 2011 | Dentistry |
| Panagiotis D. Christofides | 2012 | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Steven G. Clarke | 2007 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Thomas J. Coates | 2004 | UCLA Center for World Health |
| Steven Cole | 2011 | Hematology and Oncology |
| Edwin L. Cooper | 1963 | Neurobiology |
| John Cornwall | 1993 | Physics and Astronomy |
| Kimberlé Crenshaw | 2021 | Law |
| William G. Cumberland | 2006 | Biostatistics |
| Roger Detels | 1994 | Epidemiology |
| Paula Diaconescu | 2019 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Richard Dickerson | 1988 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Stanley B. Dong | 1995 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Xiangfeng Duan | 2018 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Frank A. D’Accone | 1998 | Musicology |
| David Eisenberg | 2001 | Biological Chemistry; Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Gordon Fain | 2013 | Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Michael Fanselow | 1993 | Psychology |
| Juli Feigon | 2002 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Jack L. Feldman | 2009 | Neurobiology |
| Itzhak Fried | 2001 | Neurosurgery |
| Rong Fu | 2020 | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
| Joaquin Fuster | 2017 | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science |
| Patricia Gandara | 2022 | Education |
| Wilfrid Gangbo | 2022 | Mathematics |
| Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay | 2007 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Neil Garg | 2018 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Robin L. Garrell | 2002 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Barbara Geddes | 2021 | Political Science |
| William Michael Gelbart | 2009 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Graciela Gelmini | 2020 | Physics and Astronomy |
| David Glanzman | 2019 | Integrative Biology and Physiology; Neurobiology |
| Hilary Godwin | 2009 | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Robert B. Goldberg | 2009 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Malcolm S. Gordon | 1963 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Roderic Gorney | 1965 | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
| Patricia Adair Gowaty | 2004 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Mark L. Green | 2011 | Mathematics |
| Martin Greenberger | 1963 | Anderson School of Management |
| Patricia M. Greenfield | 1980 | Psychology |
| Alan D. Grinnell | 1986 | Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Wayne Grody | 2018 | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Pediatrics; Human Genetics |
| Elisabeth Le Guin | 2021 | Musicology |
| Donald Guthrie | 1989 | Biostatistics |
| Alfred Hales | 2009 | Mathematics |
| William M. Hamner | 1968 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Herbie Hancock | 2013 | Music |
| Oliver Hankinson | 2013 | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Kelly Lytle Hernández | 2021 | History; African American Studies |
| Haruzo Hida | 2022 | Mathematics |
| Thomas Hines | 1994 | History |
| Ann M. Hirsch | 2014 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Chih-Ming Ho | 2016 | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Bioengineering |
| Keith J. Holyoak | 2003 | Psychology |
| Marcus A. Horwitz | 1999 | Medicine |
| Kendall N. Houk | 1988 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Margaret Jacob | 2019 | History |
| Steven Jacobsen | 2004 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| David C. Jewitt | 2005 | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences; Physics and Astronomy |
| H. Ronald Kaback | 2008 | Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Richard B. Kaner | 2000 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Edward Keenan | 2009 | Linguistics |
| Margaret Kivelson | 1989 | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences |
| Carla Koehler | 2018 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Paul Krebsbach | 2011 | Dentistry |
| Lawrence Kruger | 2005 | Neurobiology |
| Leonid Kruglyak | 2022 | Human Genetics and Biological Chemistry |
| Leonid Kruglyak | 2007 | Human Genetics and Biological Chemistry |
| James Lake | 1991 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Robert I. Lehrer | 1995 | Medicine |
| Dennis Lettenmaier | 2007 | Geography |
| Michael S. Levine | 2014 | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
| Chentao Lin | 2002 | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Kuo-Nan Liou | 1999 | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
| Glen MacDonald | 2006 | Geography |
| Carl A. Maida | 2007 | Public Health; Community Dentistry |
| Thomas Mason | 2019 | Physical Chemistry; Physics |
| Heather Maynard | 2018 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Otoniel Martinez Maza | 2017 | Obstetrics and Gynecology; Epidemiology; Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Sabeeha Merchant | 2005 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Jeff F. Miller | 2012 | Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Jennifer Mnookin | 2020 | Law |
| Robert Modlin | 2011 | Medicine |
| Sherie L. Morrison | 1997 | Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Pamela Munro | 2014 | Linguistics |
| Peter M. Narins | 1997 | Integrative Biology and Physiology |
| Peter Narins | 2022 | Integrative Biology and Physiology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Gary Nash | 1997 | History |
| J. David Neelin | 2011 | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
| Elizabeth Neufeld | 1988 | Biological Chemistry |
| Mary Nichols | 2020 | Law |
| Ichiro Nishimura | 2017 | Dentistry |
| Pedro Noguera | 2020 | Education |
| Calvin Normore | 2008 | Philosophy |
| Aydogan Ozcan | 2018 | Electrical Engineering |
| Diane M. Papazian | 1999 | Physiology |
| No-Hee Park | 2012 | Dentistry |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | 1980 | Physics and Astronomy |
| Roberto Peccei | 2006 | Physics and Astronomy |
| Ann Philbin | 2020 | Hammer Museum |
| Sorin Popa | 2013 | Mathematics |
| Daniel Posner | 2021 | Political Science |
| Marilyn Raphael | 2021 | Geography |
| Charles Ray | 2008 | Art |
| Dwight W. Read | 2014 | Anthropology |
| Bruce N. Runnegar | 1993 | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences |
| Christopher T. Russell | 1981 | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences |
| Ali H. Sayed | 2012 | Electrical Engineering |
| J. William Schopf | 1989 | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences |
| Karen Sears | 2020 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Bradley Shaffer | 2022 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| David Shapiro | 1980 | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science |
| Stephen Smale | 2019 | Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics |
| Victoria L. Sork | 2004 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Charles Stanish | 2006 | Cotsen Institute of Archaeology |
| E. Richard Stiehm | 2003 | Pediatrics |
| J. Fraser Stoddart | 2005 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Shelley E. Taylor | 1998 | Psychology |
| Anna N. Taylor | 1967 | Neurobiology |
| James P. Thomas | 1977 | Psychology |
| Donald Treiman | 1991 | Sociology |
| Jean L. Turner | 2006 | Physics and Astronomy |
| Blaire Van Valkenburgh | 2022 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| George Varghese | 2022 | Computer Science |
| Lynn Vavreck | 2020 | Political Science |
| Julio L. Vergara | 1999 | Physiology |
| Anthony Vidler | 1996 | Art History; Architecture |
| Peter C. Whybrow | 1994 | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science |
| David A. Wilson | 1991 | Political Science |
| M. Norton Wise | 2005 | History |
| Weng Kee Wong | 2012 | Biostatistics |
| David T. Wong | 2006 | Dentistry |
| Edward L. Wright | 2004 | Physics and Astronomy |
| Hong Wu | 2010 | Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
| Yang Yang | 2019 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Todd O. Yeates | 2001 | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| William W-G Yeh | 2011 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Min Zhou | 2022 | Sociology and Asian American Studies |
| Cheryl Ann Zimmer | 1996 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| S. Lawrence Zipursky | 2012 | Biological Chemistry |
This listing includes UCLA faculty active in teaching, research or administration, including emeriti and adjunct faculty. We make every effort to keep these listings current and accurate. Last updated May 2022.