INVENTOR MEMBERS

• James K. Bashkin, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Carl J. Bassi, Professor and Director of Research, College of Optometry
• Alexei V. Demchenko, Curators Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Thomas H. Eyssell, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Legal Studies 
• Philip Fraundorf, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• George W. Gokel, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• George D. Harris, Jr., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Wesley R. Harris, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
  
• Michael Howe, Senior Research Engineering Technician, College of Optometry
• Eric H. Majzoub, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Raymond I. Myers, Clinical Professor Emeritus, College of Optometry
• Michael R. Nichols, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Joseph O’Sullivan, Dean, UMSL/WUSTL Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program
• Christopher D. Spilling, Vice Chancllor for Research and Economic & Community Development, Professor of Chemistry
• Marc Spingola, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biology
• Xuemin (Sam) Wang, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor, Department of Biology, UMSL; member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
• Janet B. Wilking, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Christopher Wolin, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biology
• Zhi Xu, Associate Professor (retired), Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 

NAI Fellows from UMSL:

Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific 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.


George Gokel, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (elected NAI Fellow in 2013)  

Zhi Xu, Associate Professor (retired), Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (elected NAI Fellow in 2014)