Members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have elected Theresa Maldonado, vice president for research and innovation at the University of California, to serve as the organization’s president-elect.

Theresa Maldonado, vice president for research and innovation at the University of California, has been elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

With more than 120,000 individual members in more than 91 countries, AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of innovative research through the Science family of journals. Starting immediately, Maldonado will serve a one-year term as president-elect, followed by one year as AAAS president, and one year as immediate past-president.

“The potential to authentically engage different people, diverse thoughts, and systems thinking is tremendous; we just need the alignment and sense of urgency,” Maldonado said in her AAAS candidate statement. “AAAS is at a pivotal moment as a professional society to enable and guide the scientific enterprise, policymakers, and an inclusive global scientific citizenry to reimagine and influence future directions for the benefit of society.”

Read the full story from the UC Newsroom

About

View all post by