Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, has been elected as a 2019 National Academy of Inventors fellow.
Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah, Ph.DRegarded as the highest professional distinction for leading academic inventors, NAI fellows are recognized for their contributions to society.
Anantharamaiah has dedicated his nearly 50-year career to the advancement of peptide synthesis and protein analysis and is an international expert in the structure and function of plasma apolipoproteins. He holds appointments in the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, UAB Center for AIDS Research, and UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center. He is associate director of the Atherosclerosis Research Unit, and director of its peptide laboratory.