Louisiana Tech University chemistry professor, inventor named a 2014 NAI Fellow

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16-Dec-2014

Contact: Dave Guerin dguerin@latech.edu 318-257-4854 Louisiana Tech University @latech

RUSTON, La. - Dr. Yuri Lvov, professor of chemistry and T. Pipes Eminent Endowed Chair in Micro and Nanosystems at Louisiana Tech University, has been named a 2014 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Lvov is one of only two academic inventors from Louisiana institutions to earn the NAI's Fellow distinction for 2014. Election to NAI Fellow status is a high professional designation accorded 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.

Lvov's groundbreaking work in nanomaterials, including nanoassembly of ultrathin films, bio and nanocomposites, ordered nanoshells, organic-inorganic composites and clay nanotubes with controlled release of chemical agents, has earned him international acclaim and recognition.

"I am very happy to be just the second Louisiana professor elected to this prestigious national academy," said Lvov. "The academy selection committee consists from the world top scientists and innovators, and to be screened by them means a higher visibility for Louisiana Tech University. This is recognition not only for my research, but for all Louisiana Tech efforts in innovative science and engineering technologies."

Lvov is among the pioneers of polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer assembly - a nanotechnology method which has resulted in a number of industrial applications. His research on composites with clay nanotubes allowed for anticorrosion, antimicrobial and anti-aging fictionalization of polymers. Lvov has 12 U.S., Australian and Japanese patents, and has published 220 papers which were cited 13,200 times.

In 2007, Small Times magazine named Lvov its Inventor of the Year. Beating out candidates from institutions such as Princeton University and high-tech companies across the nation, Lvov received the Small Times award based on his cancer drug delivery work and innovations in drug reformulation through polyelectrolyte nano-encapsulation.

Most recently, Lvov was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Prize for lifetime achievements in nanochemistry, by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The Humboldt Prize is conferred upon internationally-renowned scientists and recognizes those whose fundamental discoveries or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge innovations in the future.

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Louisiana Tech University chemistry professor, inventor named a 2014 NAI Fellow