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title: 2 UMD Researchers Elected to National Academy of Inventors
date: 2023-12-12T10:06:00-05:00
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# 2 UMD Researchers Elected to National Academy of Inventors

*December 12, 2023* — by [Darcy J. Long and Abby Robinson](/author/darcy-j-long-and-abby-robinson)


> Computer Scientist and Engineer, Chemist Lauded for Significant Contributions to Science and Society

*Iribe Center JC 01082019 1644 1920x1080 — Two University of Maryland professors, known for their work in robotics and artificial intelligence and carbohydrate chemistry, have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors, joining 11 other current faculty and staff members from UMD.*

Two University of Maryland researchers will join the ranks of some of the nation’s most creative inventors as newly named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) Class of 2023.

Distinguished University Professor Dinesh Manocha, who holds appointments in the [Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering](https://ece.umd.edu/), the [Department of Computer Science](https://www.cs.umd.edu/) and [UMD’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies](https://www.umiacs.umd.edu/), and Distinguished University Professor Lai-Xi Wang of the [Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry](https://chem.umd.edu/) are among 162 new NAI fellows who represent 118 research universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutes worldwide and collectively hold over 4,600 U.S. patents.

They join 12 other current faculty and staff members from UMD previously elected to the NAI, which was founded in 2010.


*Dinesh Manocha — Dinesh Manocha*


*Lai-Xi Wang — Lai-Xi Wang*




**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Chemistry and Biochemistry](https://today.umd.edu/topic/chemistry-and-biochemistry), [Computer Science](https://today.umd.edu/topic/computer-science), [Electrical and Computer Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/electrical-and-computer-engineering), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [A. James Clark School of Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/james-clark-school-engineering), [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences), [University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies](https://today.umd.edu/topic/university-of-maryland-institute-for-advanced-computer-studies)