Two Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of Top National Science Association
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Two Rutgers professors are among 401 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) who have been elevated to the rank of fellow. The pre-eminent national organization selects its fellows based on their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
The new inductees will receive an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin Saturday, Feb. 14, at the AAAS fellows forum during the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose.
The new Rutgers AAAS fellows join six other professors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Arts and Sciences who have previously received this distinction.
The association cited Baker “for extraordinary contributions to scholarship in radio astronomy through innovative design of instrumentation, leadership of international collaborations and dedicated mentoring of students.”
The association cited Bartynski “for seminal studies of electronic states at surfaces and interfaces, made possible by developing novel tools such as Auger Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy and Inverse Photoemission.”
About the AAAS
Founded in 1848, the AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society. It works to advance science and serve society through initiatives in science policy, international programs and science education. The tradition of selecting AAAS fellows began in 1874.

AAAS includes 254 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Its prestigious peer reviewed journal Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated readership of 1 million.