Eight new foreign members elected to the Academy

Class for chemistry

Foreign members

Jihong Yu, Professor of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University

Trygve Helgaker. Photo: Camilla Kottum ElmarTrygve Helgaker, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo

Class for biosciences

Foreign members

Antje Boetius, Professor of Geomicrobiology, University of Bremen, Director of Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meereforschung

Charles Boone. Photo: Molecular Genetics University of TorontoCharles Boone, Professor, University of Toronto

Ruth Lehmann. Photo: NYU Langone StaffRuth Lehmann, Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ian Mattaj. Photo: EMBL Photo labIain Mattaj, Professor, Fondazione Human Technopole

Class for medical sciences

Foreign members

Ari Helenius, Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich

Mart Saarma. Photo: Ari AaltoMart Saarma, Professor, University of Helsinki