University of Texas at Austin professors Radu Marculescu and Dev Niyogi have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies.
AAAS fellowships are a lifetime honor in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications. Marculescu was recognized for seminal contributions to design automation and embedded computing, and Niyogi for advancing understanding of how urban and agricultural landscapes shape regional hydroclimatic extremes.
“The AAAS fellowship highlights what great research should do: make a difference,” said Executive Vice President and Provost William Inboden. “The work of professors Marculescu and Niyogi is shaping how we live by directly transitioning discovery to impact, be that in the design of intelligent computing systems or our understanding of extreme weather. UT Austin is fortunate to have scholars of this caliber, and I am proud to see them recognized.”
Radu Marculescu holds the Laura Jennings Turner Chair in Engineering in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on developing machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for modeling, analysis and optimization of embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, and the Internet of Things. He received the 2019 IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award for seminal contributions to network-on-chip design and was named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2022.
Dev Niyogi holds the William Stamps Farish Chair in Geology and is a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences and in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Cockrell School of Engineering. He leads the Texas Extreme Weather and Urban Sustainability (TExUS) Lab and co-leads the UT-City CoLab, a formalized partnership that draws on the research capabilities of academia and the real-life challenges that municipal government faces. His research focuses on predicting and mitigating weather hazards — including extreme heat, heavy rainfall and hurricanes — and translating that science into decision tools for climate-resilient cities. He received the American Meteorological Society’s Helmut E. Landsberg Award in 2023.
“This year’s AAAS Fellows have demonstrated research excellence, made notable contributions to advance science, and delivered important services to their communities,” said Sudip S. Parikh, Ph.D., AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals. “These fellows and their accomplishments validate the importance of investing in science and technology for the benefit of all.”
The 2025 Fellows will be featured in the April edition of Science magazine and will be recognized at the annual Fellows Forum in Washington, D.C., in May.