Leonard Adleman
Robert Hellwarth
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Interdisciplinary Work Nets Election to Top Academies
By Diane Ainsworth
Leonard Adleman and Robert Hellwarth — USC professors whose
boundary-crossing research has led to joint appointments in the USC
College and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering — have been elected
to the nation’s top scientific and arts academies.
USC Distinguished Professor Adleman has been elected to the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS). The Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer
Science and a professor of biological sciences, Adleman is known for
his pioneering work in public cryptography and for creating the field
of molecular computing.
He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and,
with his collaborators, received the world’s top award in computing,
the A. M. Turing Prize, for his work on computer security.
In addition, he and Hellwarth, professor of electrical
engineering-systems and physics, have been named to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Hellwarth, a University Professor and holder of the George T. Pfleger
Chair, has made major contributions to the understanding of quantum
electronics and the invention of new laser devices. He is also part of
the elite group that can claim membership in both the NAE and the NAS.
“Len’s election to the National Academy represents a special
achievement because it shows how much those most familiar with his
scientific contributions — his peers — value his work,” said Joseph
Aoun, dean of USC College.
“Robert Hellwarth remains one of the best examples of scholars
committed to advancing fundamental research and the development of
those discoveries into useful applications,” Aoun said. “We salute his
most recent honor.”
“It is very gratifying that these two prestigious academies have
recognized [Adleman and Hellwarth’s] outstanding interdisciplinary
work, which straddles electrical engineering, computer science, physics
and molecular biology,” said Yannis C. Yortsos, dean of the USC Viterbi
School.
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