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IPG members named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Gretchen Hagen, Michael McMullen, Stephen Pallardy and Jack Schultz


Columbia, Mo. - IPG members named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Four members of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group were awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Gretchen Hagen, Research Professor of Biochemistry elected to the Section on Biological Sciences for distinguished contributions to plant physiology and molecular biology, particularly for responses to the plant hormone auxin at the transcriptional and cellular levels.
  • Michael McMullen, Research Geneticists with USDA/ARS and Adjunct Professor Division of Plant Sciences elected to the Section on Biological Sciences for distinguished contributions to the field of plant genetics and the application of molecular genetics to crop improvement.
  • Stephen Pallardy, Professor of Forestry elected to the Section on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources for distinguished contributions to elucidation of drought tolerance mechanisms in plants, particularly in forest trees, and for authorship of standard references of woody plant physiology.
  • Jack Schultz, Director Bond Life Sciences Center; Professor Division of Plant Sciences elected to the Section on Biological Sciences for pioneering contributions to the field of chemical ecology, particularly demonstrating volatile signaling among plants and characterizing chemically-mediated multitrophic interactions, as well as promoting interdisciplinarity.

The election of these new fellows brings the number of AAAS Fellows in the IPG to 17.

Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin on February 18, 2012 during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.


The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science (www.sciencemag.org). AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.