Professor Igor Efimov Invested as American Academy of Sciences and Letters Member
Prof. Igor Efimov was invested as an American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) Member on November 12th 2025.
Regarding the recognition, Efimov mentioned that “I am proud to have been elected a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, because this 21st-century republic of letters is dedicated to fostering free thought in an increasingly polarized society.”
The AASL is a prestigious organization and boasts members such as Sir Salman Rushdie, Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides, Nicholas Christakis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Jonathan Haidt, Steven Pinker, Akhil Reed Amar, and Nobel-laureate scientists Arieh Warshel, Jennifer Doudna, and Sir David W.C. MacMillan.
The AASL promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences, and learned professions. It supports learning by encouraging the exchange of ideas within academia and in society at large, and by sponsoring occasions for scholarly interaction and providing platforms for the presentation and dissemination of scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
