Center, Habib Zaghouani, J. Lavenia Edwards Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at MU, was elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow in 2021. Paul Sanberg, NAI president, and Elizabeth Dougherty, eastern regional outreach director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, officially inducted him and the other Fellows in his class at the organization's annual meeting in June 2022. NAI Fellows collectively hold more than 53,000 U.S. patents.
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is a member organization comprising U.S. and international universities and government and nonprofit research institutes. The NAI was founded in 2010 to:
- Recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Enhance visibility of university and nonprofit research institute innovations.
- Encourage disclosure of intellectual property.
- Educate and mentor innovative students.
- Translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.
The NAI publishes the multidisciplinary journal Technology & Innovation, hosts an annual meeting and recognizes individual inventors through its Fellows and Senior Member programs.
MU is a member institution in the NAI and established Mizzou’s chapter in 2015 to promote and foster innovation on campus. Individual membership is available through local university and nonprofit research institute chapters.
Those interested in joining MU’s chapter, must have at least one patent issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
NAI members from Mizzou
NAI Fellows
- James Birchler *, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences
- Dongshen Duan, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research
- Shubhra Gangopadhyay *, Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Sheila Grant *, Executive Director of the Mizzou TecHub; Professor of Biological and Biomedical Engineering
- Kattesh V. Katti *, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Physics; Margaret Proctor Mulligan Distinguished Professor of Medical Research; Chair, Mizzou NAI Chapter
- Bill Ma, Chair and Curators' Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Randall Prather, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences
- Haval Shirwan, Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Gary Stacey, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Plant Science and Technology
- Habib Zaghouani, J. Lavenia Edwards Chair in Pediatrics; Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
NAI Senior Members
- Jaya Ghosh, Co-Director, Mizzou TecHub; Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- David Gozal, Professor of Biomedical Informatics Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
- David Grant, Co-Director of the Mizzou TecHub
- Chung-Ho Lin, Research Professor of Natural Resources
- Shibu Jose, Associate Dean of Research, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Professor of Natural Resources
- Patrick J. Pinhero, Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Hongmin Sun, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Xiaoqin Zou, Curators' Distinguished Professor of Physics and Biochemistry
Mizzou Chapter Members
- James L. Cook, William C. and Kathryn E. Allen Distinguished Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
- Raghuraman Kannan, Michael J. and Sharon R. Bukstein Chair in Cancer Research; Professor of Radiology and Biological Engineering
- Peter Sutovsky *, Professor of Animal Sciences and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
* Indicates a founding member of the Mizzou Chapter inducted on April 30, 2015