Two UConn professors ventured on an unfamiliar journey that took them from the depths of their science labs to the complexities of technology entrepreneurship. One of these professors was Thanh D. Nguyen!
In March, they learned their perseverance paid off: Raman Bahal, Pharmaceutical Sciences associate Professor, and Thanh D. Nguyen, Mechanical and Biomedical engineering associate professor, were among 124 emerging academic entrepreneurs in the U.S. named as 2024 Senior Members National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
They also fit the NAI’s category of underrepresented academic inventors.
“The underrepresented category includes all of our Senior Members that identify as non-white, female, and/or disabled,” says Rebekah Rittenhouse, assistant director of communications at NAI.
Read more in the UConn Today article.