Georgia Tech Faculty Elected Fellows of American Association for Advancement of Science
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Professor Art Ragauskas, Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry in Atlanta, Ga., USA, was elected as a Fellow in the Chemistry section of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Professor Mohan Srinivasarao, School of Materials Science & Engineering, also was elected in the Chemistry section. Both Ragauskas and Srinivasarao conduct IPST- relevant research and direct the research of Paper Science and Engineering students. Ragauskas supervises students researching cellulose modification, lignin utilization, biofuels, and nanotechnologies, to name a few of his published topics. Srinivasarao supervises a Paper Science and Engineering student researching the utilization of nanocrystalline cellulose for new nanocomposites.
"This is well deserved recognition of your many accomplishments and all you have done in your field of expertise and for Georgia Tech," said G.P. "Bud" Peterson, president of Georgia Tech.
A total of seven Georgia Tech faculty members were elected by AAAS this year. All new Fellows will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum in February, during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass.
AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes 261 affiliated societies and academies of science serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world.
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