Two Trinity Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday announced the election of 120 new members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Established by an Act of Congress signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the NAS is charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology.  Duke’s three new members join 31 other members of the National Academy of Sciences on the Duke faculty. 

They are:

Emily S. Bernhardt, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor, and chair of biology. Bernhardt uses biogeochemistry and other tools to track the movement of elements through ecological systems, especially flowing streams.

Read about Bernhardt’s work monitoring the health of the nation’s streams.

Drew Todd Shindell, the Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science in the Nicholas School of the Environment. A scholar of air quality, policy and climate change, Shindell recently chaired the U.N. Environment Programme’s Global Methane Assessment.

Read about Shindell’s research on mitigating the impact of methane gas in accelerating climate change.