News and Announcements
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook University Chapter, Annual Meeting 2026 (Read More)
Young Academic Inventor's Symposium, Friday, June 5, 2026 (Read More)
Dr. Anurag Pruwar Awarded Seed Funding Through the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF)
Anurag Purwar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
in Stony Brook’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences . He was one of four
SUNY Mission TAF awardees for his research, “MotionGen — An AI Platform for Intelligent Mechanism Design in Robotics”. (Read more)
We Crunched the Numbers on Drug Discovery in the U.S. vs. China. The Results Were Alarming
Around the world, nations with robust research and development infrastructure race to create therapeutics that meet the needs of their residents. Simply put, they dictate research priorities based on need. Article by Michael Kinch and Kevin Gardner published in STAT10 (read more)
Dr. Carol Carter Elected 2025 NAI Fellow
Dr. Carol A. Carter is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology
and Immunology of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook (read more)
Breast Cancer Dectection: The Transformative Work of Dr. Wei Zhao
Dr. Wei Zhao, is a Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
at the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine. She is also Program Leader for the Imaging, Biomarker
Discovery and Engineering Sciences (IBES) Research Program of the Stony Brook Cancer
Center (SBCC). (Read more from SB news)
See photo galery Friday June 6
See photo galery Saturday June 7
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook University Chapter, Annual Meeting 2025 (read more)
NAI-SBU Announces the 2025 Young Academic Inventor's Award Winners:
Drs., Christopher Ashdown, Lauren Maloney, Aaron Sloutski (read more)
Dr. Veronique Gouverneur Receives The Ojima Dinstingished Lectureship Award in Chemistry
Dr. Veronique Gouverneur gave a lecture at The Ojima Distinguished Lectureship Award
in Chemistry on April 25 at the Wang Center, SBU. (Read more)
Drug to Treat Neuropathy Advances in Clinical Trials
The drug, ART26.12, is being developed by Artelo Biosciences, based in Solana Beach, CA. The compound was discovered and initially developed by Drs., Iwao Ojima and Martin Kaczocha (read more)
SBU Chapter of NAI
Message from the President
from 2021 Annual Meeting (read more)
Mission Statement
The Stony Brook University Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI-SBU) has been established (i) to recognize the contributions of academic inventors across all disciplines in the Stony Brook University community, (ii) enhance the visibility of university technology and academic innovation, (iii) encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, (iv) educate and mentor innovative students, and (v) translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.
Action Plan
- Young Academic Inventor’s Awards
- Nominations of NAI Fellow candidates
- Symposiums, Lectures and Workshops
- Networking of Researchers for New Academic Inventions
- Induction of new members at the Annual Chapter Meeting
NAI-SBU Events
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Annual Meeting, Friday, June 5,
2026 see photo gallery
NAI-SBU Young Academic Inventor's Symposium, Friday, June 5, 2026
see photo gallery
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Annual Meeting, Tuesday May 6, 2025 (read more) see photo gallery
NAI-SBU Young Academic Inventor's Symposium, Monday December 11 2023 3:00 to 5pm via Zoom (see more)
Intellectual Property Partners Panel Discussion, Thursday October 12 2023 4:30 to
6:30pm Wang Center
"Join our virtual panel discussion: From Bench to Boardroom: The Journey of Early Career Entrepreneurs" 
Join our virtual panel discussion: "Navigating Conflict of Interest: A Discussion for Entrepreneurial Faculty"
SBU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Inaugural Induction Ceremony
Monday April 11, 2016 (read more)
