Lin Haifan, Founding Dean of School of Life Science and Technology (SLST) and Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies of ShanghaiTech University, Yale University Professor of Cell Biology and Reproductive Sciences and Director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was among 84 new members of the National Academy of Sciences. The election is in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Professor Lin had been elected as a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) this April.
About the National Academy of Sciences
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.
Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,382 and the total number of foreign associates to 484. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.
