American Academy of Arts and Sciences
As one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences convenes leaders from the academic, business, and government sectors to address critical challenges facing our global society. The following list includes current MSU faculty and research-active MSU emereti professors listed on the organization’s website as of March, 2020.
Guy Bush*, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology Emeritus – Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology, 2001
Darlene Clark Hine, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of History – History, 2006
Kay Holekamp, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, 2015
Richard Lenski, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology – Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology, 1998
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 2018
Douglas Schemske, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Biology - Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology, 2003
James Tiedje, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences – Microbial Biology, 2023
Rodney Whitaker, Univeristy Distinguished Professor, Department of Jazz Studies - Performing Arts, 2024
Teresa K. Woodruff, MSU President Emeritus, MSU Research Foundation Professor - Reproductive Medicine, 2020
National Academy of Inventors
Christoph Benning, University Distinguished Professor and MSU Research Foundation Professor
Senior Member, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2022
Muhammad Rabnawaz, Assoicate Professor
Senior Member, School of Packaging, 2023
Marcos Dantus, MSU research Foundation Professor
Department of Chemistry, 2014
Lawrence T. Drzal, University Distinguished Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2018
James L. Dye*, Emeritus Faculty
Department of Chemistry, 2016
Tim Fischell, Professor
Department of Medicine, 2017
Stephen D. H. Hsu, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2013
Anil K. Jain, University Distinguished Professor
Computer Science and Engineering, 2015
Ramani Narayan, University Distinguished Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2015
Satish Udpa, University Distinguished Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013
Teresa K. Woodruff, MSU Interim President, MSU Research Foundation Professor
Reproductive Medicine, 2018
National Academy of Education (NAEd)
The National Academy of Education advances high quality education research and its use in policy formation and practice. Founded in 1965, the Academy consists of U.S. members and foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education.
Melanie Cooper, Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education, Department of Chemistry, 2024
Robert Floden, Dean Emeritus of the College of Education, Department of Teacher Education, 2007
Kenneth Frank, MSU Research Foundation Professor of Sociometrics with appointments in Measurement and Quantitative Methods, Sociology and Fisheries and Wildlife, 2021
Joseph Krajcik, Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education and director of the CREATE for STEM Institute, 2019
Judith Lanier (Emerita)
William Schmidt, University Distinguished Professor, Center for the Study of Curriculum, 2006
Barbara Schneider, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor, College of Education and Department of Sociology, 2015
* Deceased