UVA Faculty Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Since the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) established the NAI Fellows Program in 2012, 10 UVA faculty innovators have been inducted. This acknowledgment aims 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.”

2020 Fellows

Robin A. Felder and Boris Kovatchev

Two UVA Scientists Named to National Academy of Inventors

Robin A. Felder, an expert and innovator in both robotics and human biochemistry, and Boris Kovatchev, pioneer of an artificial pancreas system, become UVA’s eighth and ninth fellows.

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National Academy of Inventors Announces 2020 Fellows

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected 175 prolific academic innovators from across the world to NAI Fellow status.

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Fellows

Class of 2020: Robin A. Felder, Boris P. Kovatchev
Class of 2019: John P. Mugler III
Class of 2018: George T. Gillies
Class of 2017: Craig H. Benson
Class of 2016: Barry W. Johnson
Class of 2015: Joe C. Campbell
Class of 2015: Jayakrishna Ambati
Class of 2014: Thomas C. Skalak
Class of 2014: John C. Herr

This industry recognition and all UVA innovation activities drive institutional notoriety, leveraged capital, new quality partners, sponsored research, financial return, and above all else, lives enriched and improved by UVA research. These are the impacts we seek at the Licensing & Ventures Group.