WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Priyabrata Mukherjee, Ph.D., Peggy and Charles Stephenson Endowed Chair in Laboratory Cancer Research, Associate Director of Translational Research at the Stephenson Cancer Center, Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 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. Mukherjee was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for “outstanding contribution on the biosynthesis of nanomaterials and their application in human health and diseases.”