Two UCLA faculty members have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Michael E. Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Asad Madni, a distinguished adjunct professor of electrical engineering, demonstrate 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, according to an announcement made today by the academy.
Madni, an internationally recognized authority in intelligent sensors and system design, and signal processing, including life-saving stability control systems, holds 69 issued or pending patents.
Jung, a world-renowned expert on synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry and director of the UCLA Bioscience Synthetic Chemistry Core Facility, holds more than 55 patents and/or patent applications arising from his research and consulting activities.
Fellows are nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation in areas such as patents and licensing, innovative discovery and technology, significant impact on society, and support and enhancement of innovation. Those named recently bring the total number of NAI Fellows to 414, representing more than 150 prestigious research universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutions.
Jung and Madni, along with other new fellows, will be inducted on March 20, 2015, during the fourth annual NAI conference, to be held at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. The new fellows will also be recognized with a full page announcement in The Chronicle of Higher Education and in upcoming issues of Inventors Digest and Technology and Innovation.
