The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Savas Tay, professor of molecular engineering at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering to its College of Fellows.
Tay, who is also the director of the Institute for Bio and Immuno Engineering, was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for pioneering the development and use of single cell methods in understanding and modeling of immune cells and interactions.”
Tay studies how cells communicate with each other using signaling networks and develops single-cell and single-molecule technologies for high-throughput analysis and computational modeling for complex biological systems.
“I am honored to be recognized by the AIMBE College of Fellows and to join a distinguished group of pioneers in medical and biological engineering,” said Tay. “I am looking forward to working alongside my fellow inductees to further advance medical and biological innovation.”
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top 2% of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education."
AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers, including four Nobel Prize laureates and 27 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees. Additionally, 248 Fellows have been inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 120 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine, and 56 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.