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CU �Ǹ�Թ� professors Katharine Suding and Tom Perkins are among 416 newly elected��Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an��honor bestowed��by their peers.��AAAS fellows are elected each year due to��scientifically significant��or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Suding, who directs CU �Ǹ�Թ�'s��, studies��grassland and alpine ecosystems with a particular focus on community ecology, examining how systems repond to climate-related mechanisms and environmental changes.��She also leads��research on the history of apple trees in �Ǹ�Թ�.��She is a��fellow of the and a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO).��

Perkins, who is the��chair of����and a faculty member of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB), studies single molecule biophysics��using��optical traps (or optical "tweezers") to examine how crucial molecules such as��motor proteins turn chemical energy into motion. His lab has made significant advances in the fields of ultra-stable��nanoscale 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 honor��and we are proud to call them colleagues.”

The 2018 AAAS fellows��class��will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday,��Feb. 16, at the��2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.