Carolyn Ann Koh named AAAS Fellow

Carolyn Ann Koh, University Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the worlds' largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals. 

Koh was recognized for her “contributions to advancing the discipline of chemical engineering by pioneering the interfacial controls for gas hydrate crystallization in energy storage and pipeline plugging mitigation.” 

A tradition dating back to 1874, election as an AAAS Fellow is a lifetime honor. Distinguished past honorees have included Thomas Edison, W.E.B DuBois, Maria Mitchell, Steven Chu, Ellen Ochoa and Irwin M. Jacobs.  

Director of the Center for Hydrate Research at Mines,  Koh’s research focuses on understanding the nucleation, crystallization and agglomeration mechanisms for natural gas hydrates, which has relevance for flow assurance in oil and gas flowlines as well as energy transportation and storage. She has published over 257 refereed journal papers with 38,803 citations of her work (GoogleScholar). Selected recent prior awards she has received include: the IChemE Guggenheim Medal 2021, Yeram S. Touloukian Award 2021, Gas Processors Association Katz Award 2021, SPE International Projects, Facilities, & Construction Award 2023, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The new AAAS Fellows “recognized for their extraordinary achievements” will receive a certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin, representing science and engineering, respectively, to commemorate their election and will be celebrated at a forum in Washington, D.C. in June.