The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected the University of Pennsylvania’s Rajeev Alur, the Zisman Family Professor in the department of computer and information science, and Arjun Yodh,  the James M. Skinner Professor of Science and director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, as AAAS Fellows.

Fellows are elected annually by the AAAS Council and include members of at least four years who have contributed scientifically or socially distinguished work on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications. Nominees contribute to areas including research; teaching; technology; services to professional societies; administration in academe, industry and government; and communicating and interpreting science to the public.

Dr. Alur conducts research in theoretical computer science, formal methods in system design and cyber-physical systems. He is a member of the PRECISE (Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering) Center and PL (Programming Languages) Club.

Dr. Yodh holds an appointment in the department of physics & astronomy and a secondary appointment in the department of radiation oncology in the School of Medicine. He is a member of several interdisciplinary institutes at Penn including the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), the Institute of Medicine and Engineering (IME), the Bioengineering Graduate Group and the Abramson Cancer Center.