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title: Three Professors Named to National Academy of Sciences
date: 2022-05-06T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Three Professors Named to National Academy of Sciences

*May 6, 2022* — by [Laura Ours](/author/laura-ours), [Darcy Long](/author/darcy-long), [Katie Bemb](/author/abby-robinson)


> Economist, Geologist and Engineer Bring UMD’s Total to 24

*Students Outdoors 04132022 JC 5112 1920x1080 — The number of University of Maryland faculty members who are members of national academies rose to 61 with the election of Distinguished University Professors Katharine Abraham, Edward Ott and Richard Walker to the National Academy of Sciences.*

The National Academy of Sciences elected three Distinguished University Professors from the University of Maryland to its 2022 class of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their exceptional and continuing achievements in original research.

Katharine Abraham of the Department of Economics and in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, Edward Ott of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physics, and Richard J. Walker of the Department of Geology bring the number of UMD faculty members in the academy to 24, and the number in all national academies to 61.


*Katharine Abraham headshot*


*Edward Ott headshot*


*Richard J. Walker headshot*




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**Tags:** [Economics](https://today.umd.edu/topic/economics), [Electrical and Computer Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/electrical-and-computer-engineering), [Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/geology), [Physics](https://today.umd.edu/topic/physics)


**Units:** [A. James Clark School of Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/james-clark-school-engineering), [College of Behavioral and Social Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-behavioral-and-social-sciences), [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences)