Professor Mike Wasielewski elected to the National Academy of Sciences
April 26, 2021
Mike Wasielewski, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Wasielewski is also Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, and Director of the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, a US-DOE Energy Frontier Research Center. His research has resulted in over 700 publications and focuses on light-driven processes in molecules and materials, artificial photosynthesis, molecular electronics, quantum information science, ultrafast optical spectroscopy, and time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and—with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine—provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.
Visit Professor Mike Wasielewski’s website to learn more about his research.
Related: National Academy of Sciences press release on the election of new members
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