Among the 72 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences are these Harvard faculty members:
- Gary Chamberlain, Berkman professor of economics;
- George M. Church, professor of genetics (a leader in genomics research, whose work is profiled here);
- Joseph D. Harris, Higgins professor of mathematics;
- Andrew Strominger, York professor of physics;
- Steven C. Wofsy, Rotch professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences (whose work in the Amazon rain forest is profiled here and whose research on climate change generally is covered here); and
- X. Sunney Xie, Mallinckrodt professor of chemistry and chemical biology (whose work on molecular imaging is profiled here).
