The National Academy of Inventors honors the most accomplished inventors and patent holders from across the country, focusing on academic institutions and governmental and nonprofit research institutes.
UAB has 10 NAI Fellows, two NAI Senior Members, and a new NAI campus chapter.
UAB’s NAI Fellows
The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. These are UAB’s NAI Fellows.
Michael Niederweis, 2024
Cynthia Owsley, 2024
Gattadahalli Anantharamaiah, 2019
Robert Kimberly, 2018
Donald Buchsbaum, 2016
Sergey Mirov, 2014
David Briles, 2013
Lawrence DeLucas, 2013
Richard Marchase, 2012
Dean Sicking, 2012
UAB's NAI Senior Members
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists, and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. They also have growing success in patents, licensing, and commercialization, while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors. These are UAB's NAI Senior Members.
Moon Nahm, 2023
Michael Niederweis, 2023
UAB Chapter of the NAI
The HIIE established UAB’s campus NAI chapter in 2022 to honor distinguished campus innovators who hold U.S. patents. The inaugural class, inducted Oct. 21, 2022, included 17 inventors from across academic disciplines.
Class of 2024
Charles Elson, M.D.
Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D.
C. Vivek Lal, M.D.
Joanne Murphy-Ullrich, Ph.D.
Ashita Tolwani, M.D.
Anath Shalev, M.D.
Sadanandan Velu, Ph.D.
Class of 2023
Anupam Agarwal, M.D.
Charles Amsler, Ph.D.
Peter Anderson, DVM, Ph.D.
David Bedwell, Ph.D.
Kim Keeling, Ph.D.
James McClintock, Ph.D.
Tim Townes, Ph.D.
Class of 2022
Gattadahalli Anantharamaiah, Ph.D.
Venkatram Atigadda, Ph.D.
David Briles, Ph.D.
Vladimir Fedorov, Ph.D.
William Ferniany, Ph.D.
G. Yancey Gillespie, Ph.D.
James Johnston, M.D.
John Kappes, Ph.D.
Richard Marchase, Ph.D.
Sergey Mirov, Ph.D.
Moon Nahm, M.D.
Haibin Ning, Ph.D.
Jan Novak, Ph.D.
Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D.
Selvum “Brian” Pillay, Ph.D.
Dean Sicking, Ph.D.
