12 Famous Scientists Elected 2015 CAS Foreign Members
12 famous scientists (see table 1) were elected Foreign Members of CAS at the Membership Election Meeting held on November 13, 2015 for their scientific achievements and contributions made to the promoting of the development of science and technology in China, including two Nobel laureates, Prof. Robert H. Grubbs of the California Institute of Technology and Prof. Paul Nurse of the Francis Crick Institute.
New foreign members also include Prof. Markku T. Kulmala of the University of Helsinki, the first CAS foreign member from Finland, and Prof. Atta-ur Rahman of the University of Karachi, the first foreign member from Pakistan.
CAS Foreign Members are elected from all parts of the world, who have made important contributions to the cause of science and technology in China and who enjoy high academic standing internationally. (CASAD)
Table1 Twelve newly elected CAS foreign members in Nov. 2015
| Name | Nationality | Affiliation |
| Richard Lawrence Edwards | USA | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Huajian Gao | USA | Brown University, USA |
| Martin Groetschel | Germany | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany |
| Robert Howard Grubbs | USA | California Institute of Technology, USA |
| Markku Tapio Kulmala | Finland | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Charles M. Lieber | USA | Harvard University, USA |
| Anders Lindquist | Sweden | Shanghai Jiaotong University, China |
| Paul Nurse | UK | The Francis Crick Institute, UK |
| Atta-ur Rahman | Pakistan | University of Karachi, Pakistan |
| Simon D.M. White | UK | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, UK |
| Xiang Zhang | USA | University of California Berkeley, USA |
| Xiaowei Zhuang | USA | Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA |