Stan Froehner, professor and chair of Physiology & Biophysics, is one of 15 University of Washington faculty members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS). The WSAS was established in 2005 by Governor Christine Gregoire to provide expert scientific and engineering analysis to inform public policy making in Washington and to increase the role and visibility of science in the state.
Members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences come from academic research, government, and industry, and represent a broad range of scientific, technical, and engineering fields.
Read more at UW Today:
http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/09/13/15-uw-faculty-members-named-to-state-academy-of-sciences/