Don Zak was recently elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the Biological Sciences section. AAAS fellows are acknowledged for their “efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished” [AAAS statement] and will be honored at the meeting in February. Don is one of nine at the University of Michigan named this year, and you can read about him the other fellows here. Congratulations to Don for this well deserved honor.