Alice S. Huang, a distinguished virologist and lifelong advocate for women in science, has been chosen to serve as president-elect of AAAS beginning 17 February, at the close of the 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Huang is a senior faculty associate in biology at the California Institute of Technology, where she was previously a senior councilor for external relations. She comes to the AAAS presidency as past president of the American Society for Microbiology and past dean for science at New York University. A member of several scientific advisory boards, Huang has also consulted on science policy for government agencies in Singapore, Taiwan, and China.

Learn more about Alice S. Huang and see a list of others recently elected to AAAS offices.