Georgia State Researcher Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

ATLANTA — Maged Henary (Ph.D. '00), a professor and associate chair of Georgia State University’s Department of Chemistry, has been elected as a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

The senior member program at the NAI was created to recognize active faculty, scientists and administrators at member institutions who have successfully produced, patented and commercialized technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society and economic progress.

For the past several years, Henary’s work has focused on developing therapeutics and diagnostics that can improve health, including the detection and treatment of cancer.

“Putting knowledge into action is at the heart of what we do at Georgia State, and Dr. Henary embodies that in his work every day,” said Donald Hamelberg (Ph.D. '01), the university’s vice president for Research and Economic Development.

Joanne Mitchell, director of Panther Innovations, the university’s technology commercialization office, said, "Partnering with Dr. Henary to protect and advance his discoveries and take his work from lab to marketplace has been a truly rewarding experience for us. His election as an NAI senior member reflects not only the scientific merit of his research, but its very real potential to change lives."

This year’s class of NAI senior members is the largest to date, hailing from 82 NAI member institutions across the globe and collectively holding over 2,000 U.S. patents. A full list of the 2026 class of senior members is available here.

NAI member institutions, including Georgia State, are widely regarded as innovation powerhouses that continuously promote and foster the spirit of innovation at their institutions and in their communities.

For more information about Panther Innovations, visit research.gsu.edu/georgia-state-technology-transfer. To learn more about Georgia State research and its impact, visit research.gsu.edu.