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Prather inducted into National Academy of Inventors Fellows Program
Randall Prather, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, was officially inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) last month in Washington D.C., as part of its 2022 Fellows Program, where he joins the ranks of an elite group of academic inventors recognized for their research and intellectual property contributions.
“I was pleasantly surprised to be named a NAI Fellow,” Prather said. “It is a nice recognition to have, especially with MU being a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), and I think it also represents not just me but all my collaborators and team members that have contributed to our research efforts over the years.”
The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Prather alone has earned 21 issued patents in the United States and 56 issued foreign patents over the course of his 33-year career at MU.
CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):
Bradley Wilson, Microbial and N-Refinement Beltwide project, Cotton, Inc., 1/1/23-12/31/23, $5,000
Kiho Lee, Enhancing The Value of Pigs For Agriculture and Biomedical Applications By Using Novel Genome Editing Strategies, National Institute of Health, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $781,761
Michael Stambaugh, Tree Ring Inventory and Analysis Project, US Forest Service, 6/9/23-11/1/25, $75,000
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