Photo (l-r): Anjan Bose, James Cook, Guy Palmer and Diter von Wettstein
PULLMAN Four WSU professors — Anjan Bose, James Cook, Guy Palmer and Diter von Wettstein — were inducted in November as members of the founding class at the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS), a nonprofit entity providing scientific analysis and recommendations to the policy makers and legislators in the state.
Bose, Cook and Palmer will also be part of the board of directors in charge of setting policies and guiding WSAS. The board of directors is comprised of 12 faculty members from WSU and the University of Washington, and representatives from the state health department, Museum of Flight, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Bechtel Corporation.
Bose is Regents professor in electrical engineering and computer science, Cook is professor emeritus of plant pathology and crop and soil sciences Palmer is Regents professor of microbiology and pathology and von Wettstein is the R.A. Nilan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
WSAS is designed to provide objective, expert scientific, technical and engineering counsel to Washington’s policymakers. To do so, it has recruited 104 scientists from industry and academia, and from a broad range of specialized fields, across the state. In commissioned study committees, these scientists will arrange for and lead analyses of the technical issues central to important policy questions and will issue authoritative reports to guide public decision-making.
The WSAS was authorized by the Legislature and incorporated in 2007. Among its first activities, WSAS assisted the Puget Sound Partnership in the formation of its Science Panel.
For more information about the nonprofit organization, visit
www.washacad.org
.
