Four University of Michigan faculty members have been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for their significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.
The academy announced April 28 that U-M professors Nicholas Kotov, Khaled Mattawa, Vonnie McLoyd and Sijue Wu were among this year’s election of 261 new members. They continue a tradition of recognizing accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research.
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“We are celebrating a depth of achievements in a breadth of areas,” said AAAS President David Oxtoby. “These individuals excel in ways that excite us and inspire us at a time when recognizing excellence, commending expertise, and working toward the common good is absolutely essential to realizing a better future.”
Kotov is the Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, the Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Chemical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, of materials science and engineering, and of macromolecular science and engineering in the College of Engineering.
He is known for the body of work advancing biomimetic nanostructures for use as ultrastrong nanocomposites and battery components.
Mattawa is the William Wilhartz Professor of English Language and Literature, professor of English language and literature and of Arab and Muslim American studies.
Among his collections of poetry are “Fugitive Atlas,” “Tocqueville,” and “Amorisco,” “Zodiac of Echoes,” and “Ismailia Eclipse.” He has also translated many volumes of contemporary Arabic poetry and coedited two anthologies of Arab American literature.
McLoyd is the Ewart A. C. Thomas Collegiate Professor of Psychology, professor of psychology and professor emerita of AfroAmerican and African studies in LSA.
Her research investigates the role of parental behavior and family relations in two areas: as paths through which economic conditions such as poverty, parental job loss, and parental work characteristics exert their influence on youth’s socioemotional adjustment; and as processes that protect youth from, or increase youth’s vulnerability to, the effects of experiences in peer and neighborhood contexts known to compromise socioemotional adjustment.
Wu is the Robert W. and Lynn H. Browne Professor of Science and professor of mathematics in LSA.
She works on nonlinear PDEs from fluid dynamics, including the Euler equations, the vortex sheets and water waves. Her current focus is on understanding the singularities in surface waves.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and advance the public good.
(Update: This article has been amended from its original version to include Khaled Mattawa.)
