TAMEST Welcomes 2020 New Members
On Tuesday, January 12, TAMEST virtually welcomed its 29 new National Academy members at its 2021 Members Meeting.
The new class of Texas-based scientists and researchers were elected to the National Academies or recruited/relocated to the state in 2020. Included in this year’s class are three past recipients of the TAMEST Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards.
With these new members, TAMEST is now home to 321 members of the National Academies. These members come from our 18 member institutions as well as our industry partners.
Join us in welcoming our 2020 new members below.
National Academy of Medicine:
- Marion J. Ball, Ed.D. (NAM), The University of Texas at Arlington
- Ralph J. DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM), UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019 O’Donnell Award in Medicine Recipient)
- Vivian Ho, Ph.D. (NAM), Rice University
- Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D. (NAM), University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM), The University of Texas at San Antonio
National Academy of Engineering:
- Sergio M. Alcocer, Ph.D. (NAE), The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Robert O. Ambrose, Ph.D. (NAE), NASA Johnson Space Center
- Michael I. Baskes, Ph.D. (NAE), University of North Texas
- Reginald DesRoches, Ph.D. (NAE), Rice University
- Ali Erdemir, Ph.D. (NAE), Texas A&M University
- Peter Farrell, Ph.D., D.Sc. (NAE), ResMed
- Gene Frantz (NAE), Rice University
- Eric Gebhardt (NAE), Wabtec Corporation
- Robert B. Gilbert, Ph.D. (NAE), The University of Texas at Austin
- Sara N. Ortwein (NAE), ExxonMobil (Retired)
- Charles R. Trimble (NAE), U.S. Global Positioning System Industry Council
- James Williams, Ph.D. (NAE), University of North Texas
- Jie Zhang, Ph.D. (NAE), GeoTomo
National Academy of Sciences:
- Hugo J. Bellen, Ph.D. (NAS), Baylor College of Medicine
- Katherine Freese, Ph.D. (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin
- Mark A. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin
- John Kormendy, Ph.D. (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin
- Kim Orth, Ph.D. (NAS), UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011 O’Donnell Award in Science Recipient)
- Michael K. Rosen, Ph.D. (NAS), UT Southwestern Medical Center (2006 O’Donnell Award in Science Recipient)
- Sandra Schmid, Ph.D. (NAS), UT Southwestern Medical Center/Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
- Karen Wooley, Ph.D. (NAS), Texas A&M University
The Royal Society:
- Robert Kennicutt Jr., Ph.D. (NAS, FRS), Texas A&M University
- William G. Unruh, Ph.D. (FRS), Texas A&M University
Dual Academies:
- Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D. (NAM, NAS), UT Southwestern Medical Center
