George P. Hess, Cornell professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, has been named a 2007 Biophysical Society fellow in recognition of his long and distinguished career in the application of biophysics to an understanding of biological processes.

One of 12 recipients, Hess will receive the award at the society's 51st annual meeting March 5, 2007, in Baltimore.

Hess is being honored in part for his role in expanding the biophysics field through research on the function and mechanism of membrane-bound protein-mediated reactions. He also is being recognized for achievements in interdisciplinary research and educational activities that have influenced students and scientists at all levels.

Hess is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Microbiology, and has been a John S. Guggenheim fellow, a Fulbright senior research scholar, a National Institutes of Health special fellow and Fogarty fellow, a Wellcome visiting professor, Naito Foundation lecturer, and a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Award. Hess also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Biochemistry, is an editor of the Journal of Protein Chemistry, and serves on the advisory board of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences in Puerto Rico. Hess received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow in the chemistry department at MIT before joining the Cornell faculty in 1955.