Researchers Honored as Lifetime AAAS Fellows
Oller and Lasiecka elected to 2022 class; one of the most distinguished honors within scientific community.
The University of Memphis’ Dr. Kimbrough Oller and Dr. Irena Lasiecka have been elected to the 2022 class of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinguished honors within the scientific community. They are the first UofM faculty members to be honored.
“AAAS is proud to elevate these standout individuals and recognize the many ways in which they’ve advanced scientific excellence, tackled complex societal challenges, and pushed boundaries that will reap benefits for years to come,” said Sudip S. Parikh, Ph.D., AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.
Oller, who was honored for Linguistics & Language Science, is professor and Plough Chair of Excellence, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the UofM while Lasiecka, who was honored for Mathematics, is Distinguished University Professor and Chair in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Oller’s citation reads “For distinguished contributions to the field of language science, elucidating the origin of language with theoretical, methodological and clinical advances for language development in typical, atypical and multi-lingual populations.”
Lasiecka’s citation reads “For distinguished contributions to boundary control theory with applications to fluid-flow structure interactions.”
The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals and has elected 506 scientists, engineers, and innovators from around the world and across all disciplines to the 2002 Class of AAAS Fellows.