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AAAS Fellows at Caltech

Headshot of William Dunphy.
  • 2021 AAAS Fellows

William Dunphy

for elucidating the complex network of enzymes that commit a cell to mitosis—critical information for understanding DNA replication and preservation of genomic integrity.

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  • 2021 AAAS Fellows

Carol Polanskey

for distinguished contributions to the field of planetary science, especially the structure and dynamics of asteroids and other small planetary bodies as well as exemplary leadership and development of space science missions.

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  • 2021 AAAS Fellows

Stephen Mayo

for distinguished contributions to the field of protein design technology.

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  • 2018 AAAS Fellows

David Reitze

for outstanding leadership of [LIGO] into the era of the discovery of the first gravitational waves.

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  • 2021 AAAS Fellows

Viviana Gradinaru

for extraordinary achievements in bioengineering and neuroscience, including development and sharing of multiple novel tools to enable functional and anatomical access to the vertebrate nervous system.

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  • 2025 AAAS Fellow

John Dabiri

for outstanding contributions in aeronautical and biological engineering

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  • 2023 AAAS Fellows

Anneila Sargent

for a distinguished career of research and leadership in infrared and millimeter-wave astronomy, and for serving as President of the American Astronomical Society.

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  • 2023 AAAS Fellows

Lynne Hillenbrand

for excellence in studying the youngest sun-like stars and for significant contributions to the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey.

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  • 2021 AAAS Fellows

Paul Wennberg

for elucidating the complex network of enzymes that commit a cell to mitosis—critical information for understanding DNA replication and preservation of genomic integrity.

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  • 2023 AAAS Fellows

Joseph Giaime

for his contributions to gravitational wave physics including his leadership of the LIGO Livingston Observatory.

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The AAAS began recognizing Fellows in 1874. In that time there have been over 150 Fellows named from Caltech. The list below highlights current AAAS Fellows at Caltech and JPL. For information about Caltech alumni who have been named as AAAS Fellows, visit the Caltech Alumni AAAS Fellows page.

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Richard Andersen
James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience; T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center Leadership Chair; Director, T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center
2000 AAAS Fellows
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David Anderson
Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology; Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience Leadership Chair; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience
2002 AAAS Fellows
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Frances Arnold
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center
AAAS Fellow 2009
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John Baldeschwieler
J. Stanley Johnson Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
1982 AAAS Fellows
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Barry Barish
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus
2003 AAAS Fellows
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Jacqueline Barton
John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Emerita
1999 AAAS Fellows
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Jack Beauchamp
Mary and Charles Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
1982 AAAS Fellows
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John Bercaw
Centennial Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
1986 AAAS Fellows
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Pamela Bjorkman
David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; Merkin Institute Professor
2007 AAAS Fellows
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Norman Brooks
James Irvine Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Emeritus
1984 AAAS Fellows
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Bruce Brunschwig
Volunteer
2014 AAAS Fellows
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Jed Buchwald
Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History
2010 AAAS Fellows
Photograph of John Dabiri standing with his arms crossed, wearing a blue shirt.
John Dabiri
Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
2025 AAAS Fellow
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Peter Dervan
Bren Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
2017 AAAS Fellows
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Rochelle Diamond
2008 AAAS Fellows
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Paul Dimotakis
John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics
2007 AAAS Fellows
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S. George Djorgovski
Professor of Astronomy and Data Science
2014 AAAS Fellows
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Dennis Dougherty
George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry
1993 AAAS Fellows
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William Dunphy
Grace C. Steele Professor of Biology
2021 AAAS Fellows
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Michael Elowitz
Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Biology and Bioengineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2016 AAAS Fellows
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Lee-Lueng Fu
JPL Fellow, Senior Research Scientist
2019 AAAS Fellows
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Mory Gharib
Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering
2005 AAAS Fellows
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Joseph Giaime
Head of LIGO Livingston Observatory
2023 AAAS Fellows
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William Goddard
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
1990 AAAS Fellows
Photograph of Viviana Gradinaru standing in a hallway.
Viviana Gradinaru
Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Richard N. Merkin Institute for Translational Research; Director, Richard N. Merkin Institute for Translational Research
2021 AAAS Fellows
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Harry Gray
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry; Founding Director, Beckman Institute
1989 AAAS Fellows
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David Halpern
Senior Research Scientist, JPL
2001 AAAS Fellows
Photograph of Lynne Hillenbrand, wearing sunglasses, standing on a rooftop.
Lynne Hillenbrand
Professor of Astronomy
2023 AAAS Fellows
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Linda Hsieh-Wilson
Milton and Rosalind Chang Professor of Chemistry; Merkin Institute Professor
2007 AAAS Fell
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Alice Huang
Senior Faculty Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
1999 AAAS Fellows
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Andrew Ingersoll
Professor of Planetary Science, Emeritus
1984 AAAS Fellows
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Rustem Ismagilov
Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Merkin Institute Professor; Director of the Jacobs Institute for Molecular Engineering for Medicine
2010 AAAS Fellows
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Paul Jennings
Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus
1981 AAAS Fellows
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Mary Kennedy
The Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology
1991 AAAS Fellows
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Joseph Kirschvink
Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology, Emeritus
2001 AAAS Fellows
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Diana Kormos-Buchwald
Robert M. Abbey Professor of History; Director and General Editor, The Einstein Papers Project
2010 AAAS Fellows
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Julia Kornfield AAAS
Professor of Chemical Engineering
2007 AAAS Fellows
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Jay Labinger
Beckman Institute Consultant
2009 AAAS Fellows
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Henry Lester
Professor of Biology
1987 AAAS Fellows
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Kenneth Libbrecht
Professor of Physics
1996 AAAS Fellows
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Rosaly Lopes
Senior Research Scientist, JPL
2006 AAAS Fellows
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Rudy Marcus
John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry
1992 AAAS Fellows
Photograph of Stephen Mayo standing in a stairwell.
Stephen Mayo
Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry; Merkin Institute Professor
2021 AAAS Fellows
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Elliot Meyerowitz
George W. Beadle Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1990 AAAS Fellows
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Mitchio Okumura
Professor of Chemical Physics
2005 AAAS Fellows
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Carol Polanskey
Planetary Scientist, JPL
2021 AAAS Fellows
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David Reitze
Research Professor of Physics; Executive Director of the LIGO Project
2018 AAAS Fellows
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Ares Rosakis
Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
2017 AAAS Fellows
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Thomas Rosenbaum
President Emeritus; William A. Fowler Professor of Physics
2004 AAAS Fellows
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Ellen Rothenberg
Edward B. Lewis Professor of Biology
2017 AAAS Fellows
Headshot of Anneila Sargent.
Anneila Sargent
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus
2023 AAAS Fellows
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Thayer Scudder
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus
1980 AAAS Fellows
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John Seinfeld
Louis E. Nohl Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus
1999 AAAS Fellows
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Paul Sternberg
Bren Professor of Biology; William K. Bowes Jr. Leadership Chair, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
1992 AAAS Fellows
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Dave Stevenson
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Planetary Science, Emeritus
1999 AAAS Fellows
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Brian Stoltz
Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
2006 AAAS Fellows
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Kip Thorne
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus
1976 AAAS Fellows
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David Tirrell
Provost; Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair
2003 AAAS Fellows
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Alexander Varshavsky
Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology
2002 AAAS Fellows
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Rochus Vogt
R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus
1992 AAAS Fellows
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Lihong Wang
Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering; Andrew and Peggy Cherng Medical Engineering Leadership Chair; Executive Officer for Medical Engineering
2019 AAAS Fellows
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Paul Wennberg
R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering
2021 AAS Fellows
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Erik Winfree
Professor of Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems, and Bioengineering
2015 AAAS Fellows
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Jay Winkler
Faculty Associate in Chemistry; Lecturer in Chemistry; MBI & Director, Laser Resource Center
2015 AAAS Fellows
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Nai-Chang Yeh
Thomas W. Hogan Professor of Physics
2007 Research Summary