Dennis L. Hartmann, a University of Washington professor of atmospheric sciences, is among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected as fellows of the National Academy of Sciences. They were chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to a May 3 news release from the academy.

Hartmann joined the UW faculty in 1977 after earning his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Portland and his doctorate in geophysical fluid dynamics from Princeton University. His research looks at the atmosphere’s role in climate variability and change, and how the atmosphere interacts with the ocean in a changing climate. He has authored a climate science textbook and nearly 200 research papers, and is former chair of the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences.