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Margaret Meixner is an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and a research scientist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been elected as a new Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council. Meixner is being recognized by the AAAS for her leadership in the area of infrared instrumentation for astronomy, both from the ground and from space and for distinguished service in science team management for the James Webb Space Telescope. In honor of her efforts, she will receive an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin at the AAAS Fellows Forum on February 14, 2015, during the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose, California.