Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 162 inventors who will be inducted as the 2023 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). An induction ceremony will take place this June 18th in Raleigh, North Carolina to celebrate these…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 162 inventors who will be inducted as the 2023 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). An induction ceremony will take place this June 18th in Raleigh, North Carolina to celebrate these inventors and their incredible accomplishments. The ceremony will be presided over by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Derrick Brent, and President of the National Academy of Inventors, Dr. Paul R. Sanberg. To be named as a Fellow, these individuals were nominated by their peers and underwent a review process by the NAI Selection Committee, which ultimately deemed their innovations as making a significant impact on the quality of life, economic development and the welfare of their communities, the residents of Florida and the United States.
Collectively, this year's NAI Fellows hold over 4,500 patents. This remarkable group includes individuals from 118 research universities and non-profit research institutions from across the United States and the world. Today, the NAI maintains a strong membership of 1,898 Fellows; it is comprised of more than 170 senior leaders of research universities and nonprofit research institutes, over 700 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, 59 inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 69 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation and U.S. National Medal of Science, 53 Nobel Laureates, 533 AAAS Fellows, 395 IEEE Fellows and 232 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, among other awards and distinctions.
Founded by Dr. Paul R. Sanberg at the University of South Florida in 2010, the NAI's mission is to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property,
educate, and mentor innovative students and translate the inventions of its members to benefit Florida and communities all throughout the United States.
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my neighbors in Tampa Bay and the citizens of Florida, I am proud to honor the 2023 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors for this outstanding achievement. We owe a debt of gratitude to these inventors for their invaluable contributions to society, which continually propel us forward. May their example inspire future generations to pursue their own paths of discovery and innovation, ensuring a bright and innovative future for us all.
The 2023 NAI Fellows Class includes:
Kenneth Adler, North Carolina State University, Rigoberto Advincula, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Arvind Agarwal, Florida International University, Ken Anderson, Southern Illinois University, Daniel Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bahman Anvari, University of California, Riverside, Mehmet Arik, Auburn University, David P. Arnold, University of Florida, Chieko Asakawa, Carnegie Mellon University, Farrokh Ayazi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sanjoy Banerjee, City University of New York, Krystof Bankiewicz, The Ohio State University, Michel Barsoum, Drexel University, David Beebe, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mark Benden, Texas A&M University, Danielle Benoit, University of Oregon;
Magnus Berggren, Linkoping University, Bryony Bonning, University of Central Florida, Robert Brown, Iowa State University, Eric Burger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Diane Burgess, University of Connecticut, Yiran Chen, Duke University, Guang-Hong Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jung-Chih (J.-C.) Chiao, Southern Methodist University, Eric (P.Y.) Chiou, University of California, Los Angeles, Steve S. Chung, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Daniel Ciobanu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Robert Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Henry Colecraft, Columbia University, Lynn Conway, University of Michigan, David Coy, Tulane University, David T. Curiel, Washington University in St. Louis;
Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Shanta Dhar, University of Miami, Yizhou Dong, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Vincent Donnelly, University of Houston, Xiangfeng Duan, University of California, Los Angeles, Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston, Jason M. Eichenholz, University of Central Florida, Munir Eldesouki, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming and Georgia Institute of Technology, Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Medical University of South Carolina;
Gerhard Fettweis, Technical University of Dresden, Wolfgang Fink, The University of Arizona, Dan Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University, Joseph Fox, University of Delaware, Paul Friedman, Mayo Clinic, Yun Fu, Northeastern University, Eric Fullerton, University of California, San Diego, Ashok Gadgil, University of California, Berkeley, Jinming Gao, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Charles Garris Jr., The George Washington University;
Michael Good, The University of Utah, David Grainger, The University of Utah, Timothy Grotjohn, Michigan State University, Joel Habener, Massachusetts General Hospital, Sang Han, The University of New Mexico, Jung Han, Yale University, John Hardy, Lancaster University, Balakrishna Haridas, Texas A&M University, Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University, Douglas Hofmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Bernard Horowitz, New York Blood Center, Hsing-Pang Hsieh, National Institutes of Health, S. Jack Hu, University of Georgia, Tony Hu, Tulane University;
Ana Jaklenee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, James Janetka, Washington University in St. Louis, Mark Jaroszeski, University of South Florida, Shaoyi Jiang, Cornell University, Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology, David Kaplan, Tufts University;
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Shana Kelley, Northwestern University, Kevin Kelly, Louisiana State University, Ali Khademhosseini, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation;
Eun Sok Kim, University of Southern California, Jungsang Kim, Duke University, Nam Sung Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, University of California, Santa Cruz, Dan Kohane, Harvard University, Dimitri Krainc, Northwestern University, Fred Kramer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Werner Kuhr, Texas Tech University, M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, The University of Alabama, Prashant Kumta, University of Pittsburgh, Sam TW Kwong, City University of Hong Kong;
Wilbur Lam, Emory University, Shulamit Levenberg, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Guann-Pyng, Li, University of California, Irvine, Jun Liu, University of Washington, Yuk-Ming (Dennis) Lo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bruce R. Locke, Florida State University, David Love, Purdue University, Douglas Loy, The University of Arizona, Helen Lu, Columbia University, Nicky Lu, National Taiwan University;
Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame, Joshua Makower, Stanford University, Prashant Mali, University of California, San Diego, Dinesh Manocha, University of Maryland, College Park, Arumugam Manthiram, The University of Texas at Austin, Hai-Quan Mao, Johns Hopkins University, Susan Margulies, National Science Foundation/Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Ernesto E. Marinero, Purdue University, Marcela V Maus, Massachusetts General Hospital, Robin L. McCarley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Brian McClendon, University of Kansas, Morten Meldal, University of Copenhagen, R. John Milne, Clarkson University, Ian Mohr, New York University, Hooman Mohseni, Northwestern University, Joseph Moorman, University of Virginia, James Mule, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Seemantini Nadkarni, Massachusetts General Hospital, Jagjit Nanda, Stanford University, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara, Svante Paabo, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Xiaochuan Pan, The University of Chicago;
Ravindra Pandey, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Niketa A. Patel, University of South Florida, David Peyton, Portland State University, Neville Pinto, University of Cincinnati, Milos Popovic, Boston University, Zoya (Zorana) Popovic, University of Colorado Boulder, Cassandra Quave, Emory University, Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, P. Hemachandra Reddy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, David Reinkensmeyer, University of California, Irvine;
Debra Rolison, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Roger Ruan, University of Minnesota, Boris Rubinsky, University of California, Berkeley, Omowunmi ``Wunmi'' Sadik, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Jose- Alain Sahel, University of Pittsburgh, Aliasger Salem, University of Iowa, Robert Savinell, Case Western Reserve University, Joseph Schlenoff, Florida State University;
Holly Sellers, University of Georgia, Haval Shirwan, University of Missouri-Columbia, Jeffrey Siewerdsen, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Patrick J. Sinko, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Anil Sood, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Srinivas Sridhar, Northeastern University, Jonathan Stamler, Case Western Reserve University, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Georgia Institute of Technology, Hsing-Wen Sung, National Tsing Hua University;
Michael Tweedle, The Ohio State University, Victor Velculescu, Johns Hopkins University, Guido Verbeck, Augusta University, Maria Vicent, Principe Felipe Research Center, Lai-Xi Wang, University of Maryland, College Park, Kevin Ward, University of Michigan, Jon Weidanz, The University of Texas at Arlington, Paul S. Weiss, University of California, Los Angeles, Christian Wolf, Georgetown University;
Robert Woods, The University of Texas at Arlington, Tohru Yamada, University of Illinois Chicago, Masanobu Yamamoto, Purdue University, G. Craig Yencho, North Carolina State University, Qiming Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University, Wei Zhao, Stony Brook University, Chongwu Zhou, University of Southern California.