News and Announcements
See photo galery Friday June 6
See photo galery Saturday June 7
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook University Chapter, Annual Meeting 2025 (read more)
NAI-SBU Announces the 2025 Young Academic Inventor's Award Winners:
Drs., Christopher Ashdown, Lauren Maloney, Aaron Sloutski
Drug to Treat Neuropathy Advances in Clinical Trials
The drug, ART26.12, is being developed by Artelo Biosciences, based in Solana Beach, CA. The compound was discovered and initially developed by Drs., Iwao Ojima and Martin Kaczocha (read more)
Dr. Devinder Mahajan elected 2024 NAI Fellow
Dr. Devinder Mahajan, is a professor in the Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering. He
is also the director of the Intitute of Gas Innovation and Technology (I-GIT). (Read more)
Dr. Arie Kaufman Wins 2024 Test of Time Award for Supercomputing
Dr. Arie Kaufman, distinguished professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been
honored with the SC24 Test of Time Award (TOTA) for supercomputing for his seminal
2004 paper, “GPU Cluster for High Performance Computing.” (read more)
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook Receives Chapter of Excellence Award
Wei Zhao (center) receiving the NAI Chapter of Excellence Award from Elizabeth Dougherty,
Eastern Regional Outreach Director, and Paul R. Sanberg, president, National Academy
of Inventors. (Read more)
New Drug to Control Pain Related to Cancer Treatment Originally Developed at Stony Brook Gets FDA Clearance (read more)
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook University Chapter, Annual Meeting 2024 
Dr. Carol Carter Elected to US National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Carol Carter is a Distinguished Professor in the Departmet of Microbiology and
Immunology at the Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine. (Read more)
Dr. Hiroaki Suga Receives The Ojima Distinguished Lectureship Award in Chemistry
Dr. Hiroaki Suga gave a lecture at The Ojima Distinguished Lectureship Award in Chemistry
on April 26 at the Wang Center, SBU. (read more)
NAI-SBU Announces the 2024 Young Academic Inventor's Award Winners:
Drs., Brandon Kovarovic and Nivea Pereira de Sa (read more)
Dr. Wei Zhao Elected 2023 NAI Fellow
Dr. Wei Zhao is a Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
in the Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine. She is also Program
Leader for the Imaging, Biomarker Discovery and Engineering Sciences (IBES) Research
Program of the Stony Brook Cancer Center (SBCC). (read more)
More News
SBU Chapter of NAI
Message from the President
from 2021 Annual Meeting (read more)
Mission Statement
The Stony Brook University Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI-SBU) has been established (i) to recognize the contributions of academic inventors across all disciplines in the Stony Brook University community, (ii) enhance the visibility of university technology and academic innovation, (iii) encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, (iv) educate and mentor innovative students, and (v) translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.
Action Plan
- Young Academic Inventor’s Awards
- Nominations of NAI Fellow candidates
- Symposiums, Lectures and Workshops
- Networking of Researchers for New Academic Inventions
- Induction of new members at the Annual Chapter Meeting
NAI-SBU Events
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Annual Meeting, Tuesday May 6, 2025 (read more) see photo gallery
NAI-SBU Young Academic Inventor's Symposium, Monday December 11 2023 3:00 to 5pm via Zoom (see more)
Intellectual Property Partners Panel Discussion, Thursday October 12 2023 4:30 to
6:30pm Wang Center 
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Annual Meeting, Thursday May 2, 2024
(see photo gallery) 
"Young Academic Inventors Symposium", Tuesday December 6 2022 
"Join our virtual panel discussion: From Bench to Boardroom: The Journey of Early Career Entrepreneurs" 
Join our virtual panel discussion: "Navigating Conflict of Interest: A Discussion for Entrepreneurial Faculty"
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Inaugural Induction Ceremony
Monday April 11, 2016 (read more)
