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Prof. Emeritus Jim Truman elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 12:45

Jim Truman, professor emeritus of biology, is among four University of Washington faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022. Dr. Truman’s research has focused on the genes, hormones and neural architecture underlying insect development and evolution. He first joined the UW faculty in 1973. After his retirement in 2007, he became a Group Leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. In 2015, Dr. Truman returned to the UW as a professor emeritus, continuing research on insects and crustaceans up at the UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories.

Congratulations, Jim!

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