National Academy of Sciences
Members are elected for their achievements in science (see the Academy Web site for details and history about this award). Since 1930, there have been 42 University of Minnesota faculty elected as members.
| Award reciepent | Department or Unit | Award Year |
|---|---|---|
| Boris Shklovskii | Physics & Astronomy | 2023 |
| Megan Gunnar | Child Development | 2022 |
| Kristin Hogquist | Laboratory Medicine & Pathology | 2022 |
| Lawrence Que, Jr. | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Ruth G. Shaw | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2021 |
| Marc M. Hirschmann | Earth & Environmental Sciences | 2020 |
| Marc K. Jenkins | Microbiology & Immunology | 2020 |
| Daniel Voytas | Genetics, Cell Biology & Development | 2019 |
| Marlene Zuk | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2019 |
| Peter B. Reich | Forest Resources | 2018 |
| Mikhail Shifman | Physics & Astronomy | 2018 |
| Frank S. Bates | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | 2017 |
| Maury Bramson | Mathematics | 2017 |
| Sarah E. Hobbie | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2013 |
| R. Lawrence Edwards | Geology & Geophysics | 2011 |
| Stephen Polasky | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior / Applied Economics | 2010 |
| David L. Kohlstedt | Geology & Geophysics | 2009 |
| Donald G. Truhlar | Chemistry | 2009 |
| Allen M. Goldman | Physics & Astronomy | 2007 |
| G. David Tilman | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2002 |
| John R. Winckler | Physics | 1996 |
| Eville Gorham | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 1994 |
| John S. Chipman | Economics | 1993 |
| Avner Friedman | Mathematics | 1993 |
| Daniel D. Joseph | Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics | 1991 |
| Ronald L. Phillips | Agronomy & Plant Genetics | 1991 |
| Vernon W. Ruttan | Applied Economics | 1990 |
| Paul G. Gassman | Chemistry | 1989 |
| Christopher A. Sims | Economics | 1989 |
| Paul E. Meehl | Psychology | 1987 |
| Margaret Bryan Davis | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 1982 |
| Ralph T. Holman | Hormel Institute | 1981 |
| James B. Serrin | Mathematics | 1980 |
| Joseph Berkson | Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic | 1979 |
| Herbert E. Wright, Jr. | Geology and Geophysics | 1977 |
| John R. Borchert | Geography | 1976 |
| Leonid Hurwicz | Economics | 1974 |
| Edward P. Ney | Physics and Astronomy | 1971 |
| Robert A. Good | Immunology | 1970 |
| Willem J. Luyten | Astronomy | 1970 |
| William Lipscomb | Chemistry | 1961 |
| John H. Williams | Physics | 1961 |
| Cecil J. Watson | Medicine | 1959 |
| I. M. Kolthoff | Chemistry | 1958 |
| Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. | Chemistry | 1956 |
| Maurice B. Visscher | Physiology | 1956 |
| Alfred O. C. Nier | Physics | 1950 |
| Lee I. Smith | Chemistry | 1944 |
| John T. Tate | Physics | 1942 |
| Ross A. Gortner | Biochemistry | 1935 |
| Elvin C. Stakman | Plant Pathology | 1934 |
| Samuel Lind | Chemistry | 1930 |