The rank of fellow in the NIA is considered the highest recognition given to inventors from academia who have created inventions that have a decisive impact on the quality of life, economic development and the well-being of society
A great achievement for Prof. Ehud Gazit from Tel Aviv University who was elected to the rank of fellow in the National Academy of Inventors of the USA (NIA). The rank of fellow in the NIA is considered the highest recognition given to inventors from the academy who are gifted with innovation, in the creation of inventions that have a decisive impact on the quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
The members of the National Academy of Inventors (NIA) count over 4,000 members in about 250 different institutions around the world, and as of today they hold over 58,000 registered patents. The National Academy of Inventors was established in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents registered in the US.
Prof. Ehud Gazit is a full professor at the Shemunis School of Biomedical Research and Cancer Research in the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University. In addition, he is entrusted with the Chair of Biotechnology of Degenerative Diseases, a member of the university's executive committee, and the founding director of the Blavatnik Center for Drug Development. Gazit is one of the most prolific inventors in the Israeli academy who registered over a hundred patents and who led the transfer of technologies to companies in Israel and around the world. Two drugs he developed are in human trials, many others are in model trials, and a food additive he co-developed is sold in the US.
Professor Gazit thanked the members of the organization: "I thank the members of the Academy for choosing me. The discovery, the invention and its application are a central part of my research work. I strongly believe in the existence of a continuous continuum between basic and groundbreaking science and applied science for the benefit of society, and am happy for the recognition of these actions of ours. I thank my students and colleagues past and present for the research and inventive activity and the "Ramot" company for its translation into industrial developments."
Prof. Gazit previously served as the university's vice president for research and development, as chairman of Ramot, the university's knowledge commercialization company, and as the chief scientist of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Over the years, Prof. Gazit has won a series of prestigious awards in Israel and around the world, including the Kedar Award for research excellence, the Landau Award from the Lottery and the Rapaport Award for excellence in biomedical research. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK, a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences in India and a member of the European Organization for Molecular Biology. He was recently appointed as the International Solvay Chair in Chemistry for 2023, the first Israeli in the prestigious appointment previously won by 15 of the world's top scientists, including three Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, a Wolf Prize winner and grooms and brides of other prestigious awards, all from leading institutions in the US and Europe.
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