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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices11-29-2012UNH Professors Named American Association forAdvancement of Science FellowsBeth PotierUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationPotier, Beth, "UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science Fellows" (2012). UNH Today. 4084.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/4084Nathan Schwadron, associate professor of physics at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Credit: Southwest Research Institute.November 29, 2012 UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science FellowsDURHAM, N.H. – A space plasma physicist and an endocrinologist from the University of New Hampshire have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nathan Schwadron, associate professor of physics at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), and Stacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative Endocrinology (CME), are among the 702 new Fellows.Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows will be formally announced in the journal Science Nov. 30, 2012. Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Feb. 16, 2013, during the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.“The University of New Hampshire is proud to have two faculty members nationally recognized for their research contributions. Dr. Stacia Sower and Dr. Nate Schwadron are talented scientists whose achievements have been recognized by their peers,” says Jan Nisbet, senior vice provost for research at UNH. “The Office of the Senior Vice Provost congratulates both of them.” Schwadron is being recognized for “outstanding contributions to NASA missions and to the theoretical and observational understanding of the space radiation environment, solar wind, and interstellar interactions,” according to AAAS. He is the science operations lead for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission and deputy principal investigator for the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) instrument aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Among other accomplishments, Schwadron has been instrumental in developing tools that help characterize the radiation environment beyond low­Earth orbit, which will serve a critical role in future manned missions to the moon and Mars. Media RelationsPage 1 of 3UNH News: UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science ...2/6/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/releases/2012/nov/bp29fellow.cfm.htmlStacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative Endocrinology at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Credit: Lisa Nugent, UNH Photographic Services. Says astrophysicist Harlan Spence, director of EOS and principal investigator for CRaTER, “Nathan is one of the most productive and creative scientists I have worked with, and my own research program has benefited enormously through our ongoing collaborations. His remarkable insights, energy, and drive allow him to work on a large number of important topics across a broad swath of space science and make significant advances and discoveries. He sets a very high standard of scientific excellence, and so this tremendous honor from the AAAS is most well deserved.” Sower, whose research concerns reproductive endocrinology of lampreys and hagfish, was nominated “for a distinguished academic career in research, teaching, and service; for development of integrative and comparative fish endocrinology, reproductive, hormonal genomic studies among lampreys and other agnathan fishes,” reads her citation. She has directed the CME since its founding in 2008, focusing on environmental endocrinology, reproductive biology, and the evolution and regulation of physiological phenomena. Working with colleagues from Japan, Sower identified the first reproductive hormone of the hagfish, the world’s oldest living vertebrate, representing a significant step toward unraveling the enduring mystery of hagfish production.“We in the college are very proud of Dr. Sower’s demonstrated excellence in research and the advancement of knowledge within her discipline, as evidenced by this prestigious award.  Few scientists receive this level of recognition,” says Jon Wraith, dean of the UNH College of Life Science and Agriculture and director of the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station.The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal Science(www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine (www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org) and Science Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org). AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes 261 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world­class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space­grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.Photographs available to download:http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/Schwadron.jpgNathan Schwadron, associate professor of physics at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Page 2 of 3UNH News: UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science ...2/6/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/releases/2012/nov/bp29fellow.cfm.htmlSpace (EOS) at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Credit: Southwest Research Institute.http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/sower.jpgStacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative Endocrinology at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Credit: Lisa Nugent, UNH Photographic Services.Media Contact: Beth Potier | 603­862­1566 | UNH Media Relations | @unhnewsSecondary Contact: David Sims | 603­862­5639 | Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, Space Copyright © 2018, The University of New Hampshire  •  Durham, NH 03824  •  UNH main directory: (603) 862­1234. 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UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science Fellows

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University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository
Media Relations Administrative Offices
11-29-2012
UNH Professors Named American Association for
Advancement of Science Fellows
Beth Potier
UNH Media Relations
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/news
This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has
been accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more
information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.
Recommended Citation
Potier, Beth, "UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science Fellows" (2012). UNH Today. 4084.
https://scholars.unh.edu/news/4084
Nathan Schwadron, associate professor of 
physics at the Institute for the Study of Earth, 
Oceans, and Space (EOS) at the University of 
New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the 
American Association for the Advancement of 
Science Credit: Southwest Research Institute.
November 29, 2012 
UNH Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science 
Fellows
DURHAM, N.H. – A space plasma physicist and an 
endocrinologist from the University of New Hampshire 
have been named Fellows of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nathan 
Schwadron, associate professor of physics at the 
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space 
(EOS), and Stacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and 
director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative 
Endocrinology (CME), are among the 702 new Fellows.
Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon 
AAAS members by their peers for scientifically or 
socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its 
applications. New fellows will be formally announced in 
the journal Science Nov. 30, 2012. Fellows will be 
presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue 
(representing science and engineering, respectively) 
rosette pin on Feb. 16, 2013, during the 2013 AAAS 
Annual Meeting in Boston.
“The University of New Hampshire is proud to have two 
faculty members nationally recognized for their 
research contributions. Dr. Stacia Sower and Dr. Nate 
Schwadron are talented scientists whose achievements 
have been recognized by their peers,” says Jan Nisbet, 
senior vice provost for research at UNH. “The Office of 
the Senior Vice Provost congratulates both of them.” 
Schwadron is being recognized for “outstanding contributions to NASA missions and to the 
theoretical and observational understanding of the space radiation environment, solar wind, and 
interstellar interactions,” according to AAAS. He is the science operations lead for the Interstellar 
Boundary Explorer mission and deputy principal investigator for the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the 
Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) instrument aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Among other 
accomplishments, Schwadron has been instrumental in developing tools that help characterize the 
radiation environment beyond low­Earth orbit, which will serve a critical role in future manned 
missions to the moon and Mars. 
Media Relations
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Stacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and 
director of the Center for Molecular and 
Comparative Endocrinology at the University 
of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of 
the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. Credit: Lisa Nugent, 
UNH Photographic Services. 
Says astrophysicist Harlan Spence, director of EOS and principal investigator for CRaTER, “Nathan is 
one of the most productive and creative scientists I have worked with, and my own research 
program has benefited enormously through our ongoing collaborations. His remarkable insights, 
energy, and drive allow him to work on a large number of important topics across a broad swath of 
space science and make significant advances and discoveries. He sets a very high standard of 
scientific excellence, and so this tremendous honor from the AAAS is most well deserved.” 
Sower, whose research concerns reproductive 
endocrinology of lampreys and hagfish, was nominated 
“for a distinguished academic career in research, 
teaching, and service; for development of integrative 
and comparative fish endocrinology, reproductive, 
hormonal genomic studies among lampreys and other 
agnathan fishes,” reads her citation. She has directed 
the CME since its founding in 2008, focusing on 
environmental endocrinology, reproductive biology, and 
the evolution and regulation of physiological 
phenomena. Working with colleagues from Japan, 
Sower identified the first reproductive hormone of the 
hagfish, the world’s oldest living vertebrate, 
representing a significant step toward unraveling the 
enduring mystery of hagfish production.
“We in the college are very proud of Dr. Sower’s 
demonstrated excellence in research and the 
advancement of knowledge within her discipline, as 
evidenced by this prestigious award.  Few scientists 
receive this level of recognition,” says Jon Wraith, dean 
of the UNH College of Life Science and Agriculture and 
director of the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station.
The American Association for the Advancement of 
Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific 
society, and publisher of the journal Science
(www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine 
(www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org) and Science Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org). AAAS 
was founded in 1848 and includes 261 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 
million individuals. 
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world­class public research university with 
the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space­grant university, UNH is the 
state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.
Photographs available to download:
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/Schwadron.jpg
Nathan Schwadron, associate professor of physics at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and 
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Space (EOS) at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science.
Credit: Southwest Research Institute.
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/sower.jpg
Stacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative 
Endocrinology at the University of New Hampshire, was named a Fellow of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science.
Credit: Lisa Nugent, UNH Photographic Services.
Media Contact: Beth Potier | 603­862­1566 | UNH Media Relations | @unhnews
Secondary Contact: David Sims | 603­862­5639 | Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, Space 
Copyright © 2018, The University of New Hampshire  •  Durham, NH 03824  •  UNH main directory: (603) 862­1234. 
Media Relations is a unit of Communications & Public Affairs which is a division of University Advancement. 
ADA Acknowledgement | Contact the Webmaster | UNH Today | UNH Social Media Index
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