The National Academy of Inventors elects Dr. Zaghloul to the rank of fellow

December 16, 2017

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected Dr. Mona Zaghloul to the rank of Fellow.  The NAI announced its 2017 class of Fellows on December 12, noting that it named 155 renowned academic inventors to NAI Fellow status.

The NAI Fellows Selection Committee chooses as Fellows those who have “demonstrated a highly 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.” 

Dr. Zaghloul is the first SEAS professor to achieve this rank.  She is also a Life Fellow of the IEEE.  This is a great recognition of Dr. Zaghloul as a truly prolific academic inventor.

The NAI Fellows Induction Ceremony will be held April 5, 2018 at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.  Andrew H. Hirshfeld, U.S. Commissioner for Patents, will provide the keynote address for the ceremony. 

Included among all NAI Fellows are more than 100 presidents and senior leaders of research universities and non-profit research institutes; 439 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; 36 inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame; 52 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation and U.S. National Medal of Science; 29 Nobel Laureates; 261 AAAS Fellows; 168 IEEE Fellows; and 142 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, among other awards and distinctions.

Read the December 15 GW Today article.