FY 2026 Sigma Xi Officers
President
Daniel I. Rubenstein
Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Program in Environmental Studies, Princeton Environmental Institute
Princeton University
President-elect
David Allison
Profession of Pediatrics and Endowed Chair via Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief of Nutrition and Director, Children's Research Center, USDA-ARS
Immediate Past President
Kathy Lu
Professor and Chair, Engineering Leadership Endowed Scholor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Treasurer
David W. Baker
Senior Vice-President of Operations, Retired
Sunrun
Executive Director & CEO
Jamie L. Vernon
Executive Director & CEO
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Publisher, American Scientist