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National Academy Members

Membership in the National Academies is one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists and engineers.

The mission of the National Academies is to research and advise the United States government on topics of national importance. The work of the private, nonprofit National Academies is grounded in the expertise of three academies — the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine. Most of this work is conducted through seven major program areas of the National Academies.

In 2023, three Virginia Tech researchers received academia's highest honor this year — induction into the National Academies. Robert J. Bodnar, University Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry, Linsey Marr, the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Shuhai Xiao, a renowned paleobiologist and geobiologist, were honored this year.

Name Department National Academy
Meng, X.J. Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology National Academy of Sciences
Collins, Lance Mechanical Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Boroyevich, Dushan Electrical and Computer Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Lee, Fred C. Electrical and Computer Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Phadke, Arun Electrical and Computer Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Sherali, Hanif Industrial and Systems Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Yoon, Roe-Hoan Mining and Minerals Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Dove, Patricia Geosciences
Chemistry (affilate)
Materials Science and Engineering (joint)		 National Academy of Sciences
Liu, Chen-Ching Electrical and Computer Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Marr, Linsey Civil and Environmental Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Bodnar, Robert Geosciences National Academy of Sciences
Xiao, Shuhai Geosciences National Academy of Sciences



Alumni Members

Name Department National Academy
Grotzinger, John P. Geosciences National Academy of Sciences
Montanez, Isabel P. Geosciences National Academy of Sciences
VandeWoude, Susan   Veterinary Medicine National Academy of Sciences
Clemons, William 'Bil'   Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences
Keeney, Scott Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences
Lanier, Lewis L.   Biology National Academy of Sciences

Past Affiliated Members

Name Department National Academy
Wallace, Bruce ** Biological Sciences National Academy of Sciences
Cairns Jr., John ** Biological Sciences National Academy of Sciences
Marshak, Robert E., Physics (elected while at the University of Rochester, joined Virginia Tech in 1979) ** Physics National Academy of Sciences
Hibbard Jr., Walter R. . ** Mining and Minerals Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Edlund, Milton C. ** Mechanical Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Squires, Arthur M. ** Chemical Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Torgersen, Paul E.  ** Industrial and Systems Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Reifsnider, Kenneth *** Engineering Science and Mechanics National Academy of Engineering
Duncan, J. Michael  **** Civil and Environmental Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Keller, George ** Chemical Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Luttrell, Jerry **** Mining and Minerals Engineering National Academy of Engineering
McGrath, James ** Chemical Engineering National Academy of Engineering
Mitchell, James K. **** Civil and Environmental Engineering  National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences
Murray, Thomas **** Civil and Environmental Engineering National Academy of Engineering

** deceased
*** former faculty

**** retired