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Smithsonian scientists elected to NAS

Two members of the Smithsonian community have been elected to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Jeremy B.C. Jackson

Jackson with arms folded before microphone

Jeremy Jackson gave a presentation titled “Brave New Ocean” at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 2010. (Photo via Sylverfysh)

Jackson is an emeritus professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History. He studies threats and solutions to human impacts on the environment and the ecology and evolution of tropical seas.

Mark J. Reid

Mark J. Reid at St. Andrews golf course in Scotland.

Reid is senior radio astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. His research interests include black holes, active galactic nuclei, galactic structure, star formation, evolved stars, astrophysical masers, and radio interferometry.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars. 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. Scientists are elected by their peers to membership for outstanding contributions to research. The NAS is committed to furthering science in America, and its members are active contributors to the international scientific community. Nearly 500 members of the NAS have won Nobel Prizes, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, founded in 1914, is today one of the premier international journals publishing the results of original research.