Nine Mass. scientists join National Academy of Sciences

Nine scientists from Massachusetts have been elected to a national body of experts charged with advising the country's leaders.

The National Academy of Sciences today named five people from MIT, two from Harvard, and one each from Tufts and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole to its roster of scientists and engineers tasked with furthering science and advising the federal government on science and technology.

The new members are:

Gary G. Borisy, director and chief executive officer, Marine Biological Laboratory

Ralph R. Isberg, professor of molecular biology and microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and Tufts University School of Medicine

Tyler Jacks, professor of biology and director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT

Rakesh K. Jain, professor of tumor biology, Harvard Medical School, and director, Edwin L. Steele Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital

John D. Joannopoulos, professor of physics, MIT

Monty Krieger, professor of molecular genetics, MIT

Daniel G. Nocera, professor of energy and professor of chemistry, MIT

Gilbert Strang, professor of mathematics, MIT

Cumrun Vafa, professor of science, Center for Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University