Petra Fromme, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Petra Fromme, Ph.D., Regents Professor and Director of Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery at Arizona State University to its College of Fellows.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. 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.”

Professor Fromme was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for leading teams to develop groundbreaking XFEL technology for macromolecular structure determination with biomedical, bioenergy, and materials science applications…. Continue reading.