Roger Wakimoto elected to Association for the Advancement of Science board

For research and creative activities, UCLA Vice Chancellor, Roger Wakimoto, has been selected for the Board of Directors of the Association for Advancement of Science.

Wakimoto, an environmental scientist, specializes in mesocytel weather, especially in severe stimulating storms, storms and radar weather. In addition to serving as the President of the American Metrological Society since 2017-19, he served as the Director of the National Center for Environmental Research and Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation, where he supported a division, a division, and a division.

Wakimoto began in July 2017 as the Vice -Chancellor. Responding to the comments of the UCLA community, he then turned the working title into the Vice -Chancellor for research and creative activities to occupy various scholarships made by the UCLA faculty and students.

In his statement, he said, “AAA should try to become a ‘organization’ for the common people, including their members, policy makers and the common people, for recent scientific discoveries. Wakimoto has tackled climate change, diversity in science, promoting equality and involvement, and the world is fighting the world.

Since 1874, the AAAS, which publishes the Science Family of the journals, has chosen members whose efforts by the development of science, and its requests in the service of society have distinguished them to their peers. There are more than 91 countries in the multilateral society.