McKelvey School of Engineering Neurotechnologies School of Medicine

Chen, Silva named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Hong Chen, PhD and Jonathan Silva, PhD, both faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. They will be inducted in June 2024.

Chen and Silva are being recognized as academic inventors who are rising leaders in their fields with success in patents, licensing and commercialization and for producing “technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society.” They are among 553 senior members affiliated with NAI member Institutions worldwide.

Pictured (l – r): Chen and Silva (Image: McKelvey School of Engineering)

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