GLASSBORO, N.J., April 26 -- Rowan University issued the following news release:

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council has elected marine biologist and professor Courtney Richmond, Ph.D., as a 2023 Fellow.

A professor in the Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences and faculty member since 2001, Richmond is only the second professor in Rowan University's 101-year history to join the association's Fellows list. The first, in 1946, was George Haupt, a professor of science who published extensively on science education.

In existence since 1848, the association was the first permanent organization formed to promote the development of science and engineering at the national level. Publisher of the journa...