Georgia State University Honors Inventors, Innovators

ATLANTA — In celebration of National Inventors’ Day, Georgia State hosted its first-ever recognition ceremony to honor contributions made by the university’s inventors and innovators. The event recognized members of the research community who exemplify the spirit of innovation and whose groundbreaking work has resulted in invention disclosures, patenting and commercializing intellectual property.

At the Feb. 10 event, 27 researchers were recognized for their innovative accomplishments. Many of the awardees have taken their ideas to the next level by sharing details of new inventions, with some advancing to U.S. patents and commercialization.

“I am honored to celebrate the achievements of our faculty members who push the boundaries of knowledge through creativity and ingenuity,” said Donald Hamelberg, interim vice president for Research and Economic Development at Georgia State. “They continue to drive progress and exemplify the power of collaboration, imagination and hard work.”

The following individuals were honored at the event for their contributions to innovation and research:

2024 Invention Award

• A.G. Unil Perera – Regents’ Professor, Physics & Astronomy
• Amanda Gilmore – Associate Professor, Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences; Director, National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention
• Andrew Gewirtz – Regents’ Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
• Bingchen Yu – Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Shawn Dotson – Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
• Chong Shin – Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
• Eric Krause – Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Distinguished Investigator and Professor, Neuroscience
• Eugeniya Novokshanova – Associate Professor of English, Perimeter College
• Gregory Poon – Professor, Chemistry
• James Gurney – Assistant Professor, Biology
• Jianliang Xu – Assistant Professor, Biology
• Maged Henary – Professor and Associate Chair, Chemistry
• Michelle Kassorla – Associate Professor of English, Perimeter College
• Paulos Yohannes – Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Science, Perimeter College
• Richard Plemper – Regents’ Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
• Vu Ngo – Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Biomedical Sciences

2024 Patent Award Winners

• Baozhong Wang – Distinguished University Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
• Binghe Wang – Regents’ Professor and Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar, Chemistry
• Eric Gilbert – Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Biology
• Lei Li – Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Richard Plemper – Regents’ Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences
• Vince Calhoun – Distinguished University Professor; Director, TReNDS Center
• W. Crawford Elliott – Associate Professor, Geosciences

2024 Commercialization Award Winners

• Maged Henary – Professor and Associate Chair, Chemistry
• Richard Plemper – Regents’ Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences

GRA Grant Award Winner

• Andrew Gewirtz – Regents’ Professor, Institute for Biomedical Sciences

“We are excited to celebrate of the ingenuity shown by our researchers and faculty,” said Joanne Mitchell, director of Georgia State University’s Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization. “This acknowledgement underscores our commitment to innovation within our research community and commercializing that innovation so that our research has impact.”

For more information about Georgia State’s Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization and the work of its researchers, visit https://research.gsu.edu/georgia-state-technology-transfer/.

For more information about Georgia State research, visit research.gsu.edu.