David Briles, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, and Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., professor of optometry, have been named National Academy of Inventors Fellows.
The honor is a high professional distinction given to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Briles and DeLucas, along with the other NAI Fellows, will be inducted March 7, 2014. Fellows will be presented with a special trophy and a rosette pin.