{"663752":{"#nid":"663752","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree faculty from Georgia Tech have been chosen as 2022 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/fellows\/\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E, the highest professional distinction for academic inventors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new class of fellows includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/adegboyega-yomi-oyelere\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdegboyega \u0026quot;Yomi\u0026quot; Oyelere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of the College of Sciences, along with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/madhavan-swaminathan\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMadhavan Swaminathan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/zhong-lin-wang\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhong Lin Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are among approximately \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11.14.22-Fellows-List-2022.pdf\u0022\u003E150 honorees\u003C\/a\u003E from research universities and governmental and non-profit institutions around the world. They were chosen by the NAI for demonstrating \u0026ldquo;a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOyelere\u003C\/strong\u003E is a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. His research spans bioorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and drug design with interrelated work across RNA-small molecule interaction, targeted histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition, and design and synthesis of novel bioconjugates for molecular delivery applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOyelere\u0026#39;s lab has worked to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rh.gatech.edu\/news\/342081\/treating-cancer-researchers-develop-and-improve-techniques-attacking-cancer\u0022\u003Edevelop a therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment\u003C\/a\u003E to inhibit enzymes called histone deacetylases, which play an important role in the regulation of gene expression. He has also worked on the design of histone deacetylase inhibitors that can be taken up by the hormones expressed on the surface of hormone-positive breast cancer cells to stop the cells from dividing. In 2018, he received Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/adegboyega-yomi-oyelere-2018-outstanding-undergraduate-mentor-senior-faculty-award\u0022\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate Mentor Senior Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESwaminathan\u003C\/strong\u003E is the John Pippin Chair in Microsystems Packaging \u0026amp; Electromagnetics in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and has a joint appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/a\u003E. He directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/ien-prc\/\u0022\u003E3D Systems Packaging Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. He is an internationally recognized researcher in electronics packaging, an area that is expected to fuel the semiconductor industry over the next decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESwaminathan holds 31 patents and is the founder and co-founder of two start-up companies (E-System Design and Jacket Micro Devices).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWang \u003C\/strong\u003Eis the Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor and Hightower Chair Emeritus in MSE. His discovery and breakthroughs in developing nanogenerators established the principle and technological roadmap for harvesting mechanical energy from environment and biological systems for powering mobile sensors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang\u0026rsquo;s work also p\u0026shy;ioneered the field of self-powered sensors, and he coined piezotronics and piezo-phototronics\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Efor the third-generation semiconductors\u003Cem\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003EWang holds 70 U.S. and foreign patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech now has 16 NAI Fellows. The new cohort will be inducted at the NAI Fellows Induction Ceremony in July.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree faculty from Georgia Tech have been chosen as 2022 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows, the highest professional distinction for academic inventors:\u0026nbsp; Adegboyega \u0026quot;Yomi\u0026quot; Oyelere of the College of Sciences, along with Madhavan Swaminathan and Zhong Lin Wang of the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three faculty from Georgia Tech have been chosen as 2022 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows, the highest professional distinction for academic inventors. 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