WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Shrikanth Narayanan, Ph.D., Niki and C. L. Max Nikias Endowed Chair in Engineering and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology, Neuroscience and Pediatrics, University of Southern California, to its College of Fellows.
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”
Dr. Narayanan was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for “pioneering contributions to behavioral informatics and applications to mental health, and to real-time magnetic resonance imaging of speech production.”