Professor Bob Schmitz elected into the National Academy of Sciences

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,705 and the total number of international members to 557. International members are members of the Academy with citizenship outside the United States.

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National Academy of Sciences

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 - 3:35pm

Personnel

Bob Schmitz

Professor, UGA Foundation Professorship in Plant Sciences, Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator, Ph.D. (2007) University of Wisconsin, Madison

schmitz@uga.edu

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