Published: Nov. 27, 2018

Ƶ Boulder professors Katharine Suding and Tom Perkins are among 416 newly electedFellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), anhonor bestowedby their peers.AAAS fellows are elected each year due toscientifically significantor socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Katharine SudingSuding, who directs Ƶ Boulder's, studiesgrassland and alpine ecosystems with a particular focus on community ecology, examining how systems repond to climate-related mechanisms and environmental changes.She also leadsresearch on the history of apple trees in Boulder.She is afellow of the and a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO).

Tom PerkinsPerkins, who is thechair ofand a faculty member of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB), studies single molecule biophysicsusingoptical traps (or optical "tweezers") to examine how crucial molecules such asmotor proteins turn chemical energy into motion. His lab has made significant advances in the fields of ultra-stablenanoscale microscopy, working closely with the .

“The AAAS is the largest general scientific society and one of the most prestigious," said Dean of Arts and Sciences James W.C. White. "We are very pleased that Professors Perkins and Suding have received this well-deserved honorand we are proud to call them colleagues.”

The 2018 AAAS fellowsclasswill be honored in a ceremony on Saturday,Feb. 16, at the2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.