Melissa Krebs inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Election to AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers
Melissa Krebs, associate professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.
AIMBE 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."
Professor Krebs was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for pioneering advancements in cell-interactive biomaterials and clinical translation specifically in regenerative medicine and drug delivery technologies.”
A formal induction ceremony was held during the AIMBE Annual Event at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia on March 31, 2025. Professor Krebs was inducted along with 171 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2025.
AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including 4 Nobel Prize laureates and 27 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees. Additionally, 233 Fellows have been inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 120 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine, and 51 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
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