[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E608-E609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE 2023 FELLOWS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS

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                           HON. KATHY CASTOR

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 11, 2024

  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. 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,

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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.

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