Six UF Researchers Named 2019 AAAS Fellows

Six researchers from across the University of Florida have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

UF’s new Fellows include three UF/IFAS researchers, Senthold Asseng, a professor with the department of agricultural and biological engineering, Karen Garrett, a professor with the plant pathology department, and Wayne Nicholson, a professor with the department of microbiology and cell science; two Florida Museum researchers, Lawrence Page, a curator of fishes and adjunct professor, and Douglas Soltis, a curator of systematics and distinguished professor in the department of biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, a professor in the computer & information science & engineering department in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.