Professor Shaowen Wang has recently been selected to serve his second three-year term on the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Board oversees five standing committees: Committee on Earth Resources, Geographical Sciences Committee, Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, Mapping Science Committee, and Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics. It organizes and oversees studies of important national issues in the Earth sciences, and also provides guidance on U.S. participation in international Earth science programs.