Thomas Truskett, department chair and the Les and Sherri Stuewer Endowed Professor, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Nominated by their peers, Fellows represent the top two percent of the most accomplished medical and biological engineers leading medical discovery and innovation.

Truskett was recognized for his exceptional contributions to the understanding of protein structure, biotherapeutics and self-assembly, and for seminal theoretical contributions. His related work has lead to advances in the storage and delivery of therapeutic proteins to improve treatments for cancer and other diseases.

Truskett was joined by alumna Laura Suggs, B.S. ChE ‘93, who was one of four UT Austin biomedical engineering (BME) professors also elected AIMBE Fellows this year. Professors Andrew Dunn, Pengyu Ren, and James Tunnell were also recognized from BME.