Claudia Turro, a professor and chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. 

The NAS is committed to furthering science in America and its members are active contributors to the international scientific community. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and membership is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. 

"I am so thrilled and honored to have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Being recognized for my accomplishments in research is amazing and it is important to note that all the work was conducted with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in my group," Turro said. "Since I started my career as an assistant professor at Ohio State, I have advised 34 students who completed their PhD degrees and 21 who graduated with MS degrees. This honor would not have been possible without them."

Turro joins a 2024 class of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Those newly elected bring the total number of active members to 2,617 and the total number of international members to 537. International members are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.