Paola Arlotta, the Golub Family Professor and Chair of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy was founded in 1780 to help a young nation face its challenges through shared purpose, knowledge, and ideas.
The Academy elected its first members in 1781 and announces its newest members today. The 250 members elected in 2024 are being recognized for their excellence and invited to uphold the Academy’s mission of engaging across disciplines and divides.
“We honor these artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors for their accomplishments and for the curiosity, creativity, and courage required to reach new heights,” said David Oxtoby, President of the Academy. “We invite these exceptional individuals to join in the Academy’s work to address serious challenges and advance the common good.”
Arlotta’s lab explores the interface between development and engineering of the neocortex, to gain fundamental understanding of both the principles that govern normal cortical development and of previously inaccessible mechanisms of human neurodevelopmental disease. Focusing on the developing cerebral cortex, the Arlotta lab has had a long-standing interest in discovering the mechanistic principles that govern the establishment and maintenance of cellular diversity and its integration into working networks that subserve cortical function.
Adapted from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announcement.
