IIT-Madras alumnus and president of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Subra Suresh has been elected a foreign.
Chennai: IIT-Madras alumnus and president of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Subra Suresh has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a rare and highly coveted distinction within the academic fraternity.
Suresh, a Chennai born Indian American, is one of nine foreign members elected in 2013 to CAS, a prestigious national advisory body for the Chinese government. They will be honoured at the 17th General Assembly of the CAS in June 2014 in Beijing.
Suresh, 57, was chosen for his scientific contributions in material science and engineering, including his work connecting nano-mechanical cell structure to disease states, according to the university.
He is CMU’s second faculty member recognised with that nation’s highest title for science and technology. Dr Suresh was also honoured for his leadership in building a worldwide scientific and engineering research dialogue through the global research council which he helped found while director of the US National Science Foundation to which post he was nominated by Barack Obama in 2010.
He is the only current US university president to have been named a foreign member of the CAS and a member of all three US national academies - the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences.
