Argonne's Crabtree elected to National Academy of Sciences
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ARGONNE, Ill. (April 29, 2008) – George W. Crabtree, a senior scientist and
administrator at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory,
was elected a member of the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his excellence
in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest
honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. Crabtree will
be inducted into the academy next April during its 146th annual meeting in
Washington, D.C.
Crabtree, elected along with 71 others, brings the number of Argonne researchers
elected to NAS to three. There are currently just over 2,000 active NAS members.
Among the NAS's renowned members are Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Thomas
Edison, Orville Wright, and Alexander Graham Bell. More than180 living NAS
members have won Nobel Prizes.
Crabtree is director of Argonne's Materials
Science Division and holds the
title of Argonne
Distinguished Fellow, the laboratory's highest scientific
and engineering rank. The title, held by fewer than 30 Argonne employees, is
comparable in stature to an endowed chair at a top-ranked university and recognizes
exceptional contributions in a person's field.
Crabtree is a noted expert in the field of superconductive materials. He has
won numerous awards for his pioneering research in the field and his work has
been frequently cited by other researchers. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Condensed
Matter Physics from University
of Illinois at Chicago, an M.S. degree in Solid
State Physics from the University
of Washington and a B.S. degree in Science
Engineering from Northwestern
University.
About the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit honorific society
of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated
to furthering science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.
Established in 1863, the National Academy of Sciences has served to "investigate,
examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever
called upon to do so by any department of the government. For more information,
or for the full list of newly elected members, visit http://national-academies.org/.
About Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory brings the world's brightest scientists and engineers
together to find exciting and creative new solutions to pressing national problems
in science and technology. The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne
conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every
scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from
hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies
to help them solve their specific problems, advance America 's scientific leadership
and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60
nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago
Argonne, LLC for the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office
of Science.
For more information, please contact Steve McGregor (630/252-5580
or media@anl.gov) at Argonne.
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