The announcement of her election will take place at the Academy's annual conference to be held in June 2024 in North Carolina
Prof. Shulamit Levenberg from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering was selected as a NAI Fellow - the (American) National Academy of Inventors. The announcement of her election will take place at the Academy's annual conference to be held in June 2024 in North Carolina.
Prof. Levenberg is a world-renowned researcher in tissue engineering, who developed technologies to create tissue for transplantation in damaged areas of the muscle, heart, bone and spinal cord. Recently, she introduced technology to create an engineered ear to replace ears that did not develop properly. In recent years, she has harnessed her research to create cultured meat as well, and the company established based on her research (Alf Farms) has already introduced the world's first full-size cultured entrecote steak.
Over the years, Prof. Levenberg won many awards, including the Bruno Prize and the Rapaport Prize, registered dozens of patents and founded several start-up companies. She was the president of the Israeli Society for Stem Cells and until recently the dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering. This year she was selected as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
NAI - The (American) National Academy of Inventors works to promote researchers in the academy whose inventions have a significant impact on society, the economy and human well-being. The annual conference will be held under the title "Tools for developing social solutions". The academy is also involved in ranking the leading universities in the number of approved patents in the United States, and last year it ranked the Technion, according to 2021 data, first in Europe and 40th in the world ranking.
