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UNM Inventor Elected 2021 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
December 10, 2021
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected their new cohort of 2021 NAI Fellows and University of New Mexico faculty member David G. Whitten made their list. Whitten is a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and associate director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering.
Election to NAI Fellow status is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to 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.