On July 15, the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) announced its newly elected members for 2021, “recognizing their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement”. The 38 inductees included 20 scientists and engineers from the University of Washington; among them was our very own Program Director, Victoria Meadows.
Prof. Meadows was chosen specifically for her commitment to the Virtual Planetary Laboratory and training the next-generation astrobiologists in UW’s Astrobiology Program. The WSAS official justification reads as follows:
For founding the Virtual Planetary Laboratory and leading the decades-long development of the interdisciplinary modeling framework and community needed to establish the science of exoplanet astrobiology.
For training the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists who will search for life beyond Earth.
Washington State Academy of Sciences Press Release July 15, 2021
Prof. Meadows and the other new members will be inducted at the 14th annual member’s meeting in September.