Daniel José Mindiola Among Penn Professors Elected to the 2017 Class of AAAS Fellows

Daniel José Mindiola has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, by their peers.

Mindiola is among 396 members awarded the honor this year because of scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

The Presidential Professor of Chemistry was selected for “seminal contributions in the construct of unusual complexes having reactive metal-ligand multiple bonds and their role in carbon-hydrogen or carbon-hetroatom activation and functionalization.” A research goal of Mindiola’s team is to convert natural gas or shale gas into more value-added materials and take advantage of the energy stored in the carbon-hydrogen bonds without burning these natural resources.

​​​​​​​Penn professors Gustavo D. Aguirre, professor of medical genetics and ophthalmology in the School of Veterinary Medicine; Hongzhe Li, professor of biostatistics in biostatistics and epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine; and Anil K. Rustgi, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine, were also elected as AAAS Fellows.

This year’s AAAS fellows will be announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science on Nov. 24 and formally recognized on Feb. 17 during the AAAS annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

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