Nancy Allbritton in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Allbritton is the Paul Debreczeny Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and chair of the UNC/NC State joint department of biomedical engineering.
The honor is awarded to academic inventors who have a prolific spirit of innovation in creating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Allbritton was also recently elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Allbritton has a physics degree from Louisiana State University, a medical degree from Johns Hopkins, and a Ph.D. from MIT in medical engineering and physics. Her work focuses on the invention and implementation of new tools for biomedical research and development of miniaturized devices to enable more accurate disease diagnosis.
The innovators elected as NAI fellows are named inventors on U.S. patents and were nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation in areas such as patents and licensing, innovative discovery and technology, significant impact on society, and support and enhancement of innovation.
Read more about Allbritton’s work and about biomedical engineering at Carolina.
