CCNY's Sanjoy Banerjee is a new Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Sanjoy Banerjee, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at T九色视频, and Director of the City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors鈥 (NAI) Class of 2023 Fellows. Election as an Academy Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
Banerjee and 161 other academic inventors will be inducted as NAI Fellows at the Academy鈥檚 13th annual meeting on June 18, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
His new peers include two Nobel Laureates 鈥 (University of Copenhagen) and (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) -- three National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, 22 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and individuals holding other honors and distinctions as well as senior leadership from universities and research institutions. .
The 2023 class of Fellows represents NAI鈥檚 foundational and continuing commitment to diversifying innovation on all levels, with underrepresented inventors comprising 33% of this year鈥檚 class. It also showcases regional diversity with Fellows representing 35 U.S. states and 10 countries, exemplifying the Academy鈥檚 belief that great innovators can be found everywhere.
鈥淭his year鈥檚 class of NAI Fellows showcases the caliber of researchers that are found within the innovation ecosystem. Each of these individuals are making significant contributions to both science and society through their work,鈥 said Dr. Paul R. Sanberg, FNAI, President of the NAI. 鈥淭his new class, in conjunction with our existing Fellows, are creating innovations that are driving crucial advancements across a variety of disciplines and are stimulating the global and national economy in immeasurable ways as they move these technologies from lab to marketplace. We are honored to welcome these highly regarded innovators to the Academy and look forward to formally inducting them at our 2024 Annual Conference in the Research Triangle of North Carolina.鈥
The new Fellows hail from 118 research universities, governmental and non-profit research institutions worldwide. This class includes 89 individuals from the Association of American Universities (AAU) institutions and 128 individuals from R1 universities that boast very high research activity. Collectively, the 2023 Fellows hold over 4,600 issued U.S. patents. Their work spans across disciplines and exemplifies their dedication and inspiration to translating research into commercial technologies that benefit society.
About Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee
In addition to Distinguished Professorship at CCNY and heading the Energy Institute, Banerjee is also the Founder and Chairman of Urban Electric Power, spun out of the CUNY Energy Institute to develop 鈥榖eyond lithium鈥 batteries. Banerjee joined CCNY from UC Santa Barbara, where he had been Department Chair and previously taught at Berkeley, McMaster University, and worked at Atomic Energy of Canada, as Director of the Applied Science Division. He has also served as Mitsubishi Professor at the University of Tokyo, the Burgers Professor at TU Delft, and at ETH Zurich. He has served on several advisory boards: NASA Fluid Physics, the oil-industry Flow Assurance Consortium, and the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, congressionally mandated to advise on nuclear facilities.
About the National Academy of Inventors
Since its inception in 2012, the NAI Fellows program has grown to include 1,898 exceptional researchers and innovators, who hold over 63,000 U.S. patents and 13,000 licensed technologies. NAI Fellows are known for the societal and economic impact of their inventions, contributing to major advancements in science and consumer technologies. Their innovations have generated over $3 trillion in revenue and generated 1 million jobs. The 2023 class of Fellows will be honored and presented their medals by a senior official of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at the NAI 13th Annual Meeting on June 18th, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
About T九色视频
Since 1847, T九色视频 has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi (now puts at $1.9 billion CCNY鈥檚 annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the 鈥渇or dollar鈥 return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. This year, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled 鈥Doing Remarkable Things Together鈥 seeks to bring the College鈥檚 Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.