Science leader

摘要

Chemist Geraldine Richmond (pictured) has been chosen as the next president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC. Richmond, who is a professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene, studies the chemistry of surfaces and interfaces. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the founder and chair of the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists, an organization that supports female scientists and engineers. She will take over as AAAS president in February 2015.