THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH INNOVATION
NAI NORTHEASTERN CHAPTER
Recognizing and Inspiring our Community of Unparalleled Inventors
Embracing our century-long leadership in experiential education, translational research, and global presence, Northeastern’s chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) serves to empower inventorship and entrepreneurship across the innovation ecosystem by recognizing, inspiring, educating, and connecting members of the academic and industrial communities.
Membership
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FALL MEETING
October 2025
Details coming soon
Innovation Impact Award 2024
Vincent Harris
CEO and Director of the Kostas Research Institute
Student Innovation Impact Award 2024
Justin Hayes
CEO and co-founder Concordance Therapeutics, Inc., PhD candidate Chemical Engineering
Emerging Visionary Award 2024
Saeed Amal
Assistant Research Professor, Bioengineering
Innovation Impact of the Year awards are bestowed upon one faculty and one student who exhibits exceptional inventiveness. Awardees have advanced theoretical and practical understanding and have gained deeper insight into significant problems. They have devised solutions that exceed the magnitude of such problems and that generate benefit in multiple spheres, e.g., environmental, social, economic.
About The National Academy Of Inventors
NAI
recognizes, publicizes, promotes, and educates inventors with U.S. patents
300+
Universities, Government, Institutes with a worldwide institutional presence
4600+
World renowned members & fellows who have generated momentous social and economic impact
The NAI was founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, educate and mentor innovative students, and translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.
CONTACT
Safa Jamali, COE
Rheopoint
The Jamali lab is advancing Rheopoint, a science-based AI solution for engineering applications with focus on fluid mechanics and soft material design and discovery. Customer industries range from consumer products, to chemical and pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas.
Tania Konry, BOUVE
Pathogen POCT
Konry Lab produces rapid, low-cost, highly accurate, and readily available point of care testing (POCT) solutions for microbial pathogen detection.
Tomasso Melodia, COE
CellOS
The Melodia lab is developing CellOS, a data-driven network operating system to automate the control of 5G/6G cellular networks and maximize their performance. CellOS combines softwarization and virtualization principles, network slicing and intent-based networking with data-driven solutions to automate network control and deliver high-performance services to mobile users.
Sara Rouhanifard, COE
ViralNPQ
The Rouhanifard and Wanunu labs are refining ViralNPQ, a cost effective and easy-to-use device that collects all viral measurements using the same sample. This solution images and quantifies the presence of a viral genome with single-molecule accuracy.
RAYMOND FU, COE
Spinout: Pathfind
Pathfind uses patented deep learning model compression techniques to transform once costly AI algorithms into customized lightweight processes. Pathfind enables complex computer vision and machine learning programs to run in real time on simple devices – bringing cutting-edge innovation to telemedicine, in-home fitness and other markets.
Neel Joshi, COS
Spinout: Tantu Therapeutics
Tantu is developing innovative microbe-based therapeutics expressed and delivered to the site of intestinal lesions to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and other gastrointestinal diseases without systemic side effects.