Meetings: Program
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Chair and Co-Chairs
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Peter Agre, M.D.](/meetings/2010/images/people/agre_95x154.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Peter Agre, M.D.")
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.](/meetings/2010/images/people/fox_95x154.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.")
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Irwin Jacobs, Ph.D.](/meetings/2010/images/people/jacobs_95x154.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Irwin Jacobs, Ph.D.")
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Peter Agre, M.D.
AAAS President and 2010 Meeting Chair
Director, Malaria Research Institute
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Agre shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roderick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University for the discovery of aquaporins, the key proteins that transport water across cell membranes. Not long after receiving the Nobel Prize, Dr. Agre began working to extend his studies of aquaporins to malaria, addressing the question of whether or not aquaporins could be exploited as a means of treating or preventing the disease. Initial results led his laboratory to focus on malaria as its primary area of study. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), chair of the NAS Committee on Human Rights, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his B.A. in chemistry from Augsburg College and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.
2010 Meeting Co-Chair and
Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
University of California, San Diego
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is one of the nation’s most accomplished research universities. Its award-winning scholars are experts at the forefront of their fields with an impressive track record for achieving scientific, medical, and technological breakthroughs. A world-renowned chemist, Dr. Fox has broad experience in science policy at national and state levels. She served on the National Science Board and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, AAAS, American Philosophical Society, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Irwin Jacobs, Ph.D.
2010 Meeting Co-Chair and
Co-Founder
Qualcomm Inc.
Dr. Jacobs is an internationally recognized pioneer and leader of the digital wireless technology that revolutionized cell phone communication. Qualcomm Inc. is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced technologies. A former faculty member at UCSD, Dr. Jacobs co-founded Qualcomm in 1985 and served as chief executive officer of the company until July 2005 and chairman of the company's board of directors until March 2009. He is the recipient of numerous industry, education, and business awards, and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and master of science and doctor of science degrees in electrical engineering from MIT.
