National Academy of Inventors

MUSC Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors

In universities across the nation and around the world, great scientists, scholars and educators are teaching the next generation of researchers and inventors.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) was founded to recognize academic inventors who have received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and to encourage innovative pursuits. The goals are to enhance the visibility of university technology and academic innovation; encourage the disclosure of intellectual property; educate and mentor students; and translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.

The MUSC Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors was established in 2014 to recognize the contributions of scientists and clinicians across all disciplines of our academic community. Each spring, the MUSC Foundation for Research Development (FRD) hosts an induction ceremony to welcome new members into the chapter and celebrate the accomplishments of existing members.

Members Inducted in 2024

Hongkuan Fan, Andrew Goodwin, In-Hong Kang, Meenai Mehrotra, Shikhar Mehrotra, Dale H. Mugler

Chapter Members Inducted Previously

Andrea Abbott, Ali Alawieh, Carl Atkinson, Bashar Badran, Aiping Bai, Theirry Bacro*, G. Hamilton Baker, Sarah Ball*, Jessica Barley, Craig Beeson**, Alicja Beilawski, Jacek Bielawski, Galina Bogatkevich, J. Warren Bradley, Ann-Marie Broome, T. Karl Byrne, Michael Caputo, Sherine Chan, Julie Chao, Lee Chao, C. James Chou, David Cole, Dean M. Connor, Jr., Daniel Cook, Peter Cotton, Nancy DeMore**, Thomas Dix, Suraj Dixit, Nathan Dolloff, Ryan Downey*, Jonathan Edwards, Zachary Evans, Carol Feghali-Bostwick**, Wuwei "Wayne" Feng*, Bruce Frankel, Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli, Mark George, Amanda Giles*, Gary Gilkeson, Michael Gold, Richard Gross, McLeod Frampton Gwynette* Dieter Haemmerich, Perry Halushka, Samar Hammad, Joseph Helpern, William David Hill III, Stanley Hoffman, Ayad Jaffa, Dorothea Jenkins, Jens Jensen, Yu-Lin Jiang, Stephen Kalhorn, Thomas Keane, Teresa Kelechi*, Charles Kellner, Daniel Knapp, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Chan Lam, John Lemasters, Les Lenert*, Anthony Leonard*, Christopher Lindsey, Xiang Liu, Jian Liu, Maria Lopes-Virella, Coleen Martin, Bonnie Martin-Harris*, Harold May,  Anand Mehta**, Ying Mei, Donald Menick, Anthony Mennito, Thomas Morinelli, Ragan DuBose-Morris*, Omar Moussa, Rupak Mukherjee, Satish Nadig, Stephen Nelson, Danforth Newton, James Norris, Besim Ogretmen, Sachin Patel*, Yuri Peterson, Philip Privitera, Walter Renne, J. Matthew Rhett, Matthew Roberts, Reeder Robinson, Baerbel Rohrer**, Mark Rubinstein, Joseph Ruscito, Barton Sachs, John Schaefer*, Michael Schmidt, Lynn Schnapp, Christian Schwabe, Mark Semler, Beju Shah*, Richard Silver, Cephus Simmons, Sr., Avtar Singh, Inderjit Singh, Kenneth Spicer, Alex Spiotta, Robert Stroud, Natalie Sutkowski, Zdzislaw Szulc, Stephen Tomlinson**, Elena Tourkina, Frank Treiber*, Thomas Trusk, Nancey Tsai, Jonathan Turner*, Mark H. Van Horn, Gabriel Virella, John Vournakis**, Jompbe Vuthiganon, Dennis Watson, Jerry Webb, Brandon Welch*, Caroline Westwater, Michelle Woodbury*, Patrick Woster, Jennifer Wu, Hai Yao, Michael Yost**, Michael Zile

*Honorary Members

**Fellows of the Academy