3 Pitt professors were named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named three Pitt researchers as 2017 fellows. Karen M. Arndt, professor in the Department of Biological Science, Chandralekha Singh, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Rory Cooper, professor and founding director of Pitt’s Human Engineering Research Laboratories, were among the 396 individuals recognized for accomplishments nationwide. The fellows join a cohort that includes groundbreaking scientists such as inventor Thomas Edison, anthropologist Margaret Mead and biologist James Watson.