AIMBE Fellows represent the top 2% of medical and biological engineers. They include the most accomplished medical and biological engineers in academia, industry, education, clinical practice, and government.

• 4 AIMBE Fellows are Nobel Prize winners
• 14 AIMBE Fellows have received the Presidential Medal of Technology and Innovation
• 16 AIMBE Fellows have received the Presidential Medal of Science
• 237 AIMBE Fellows are members of the NAE
• 120 AIMBE Fellows are members of the NAM
• 56 AIMBE Fellows are members of the NAS

For more details, please visit Awards and Honors.

COLLEGE OF FELLOWS – CHAIR

Stuart Cooper, Ph.D.

Chair – 2025

Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University

PAST CHAIRS

Yongjie Jessica Zhang, Ph.D.

Chair – 2024

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Michael R. King, Ph.D.

Chair – 2023

J. Lawrence Wilson Professor and Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University

Guillermo Ameer, Sc.D.

Chair – 2022

Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Northwestern University

Susan S. Margulies, Ph.D.

Chair – 2021

Wallace H. Coulter Chair, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics
Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University

Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D.

Chair – 2020

College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

Paul Citron, MSEE, Ph.D. (hon.)

Chair – 2019

Vice President of Technology Policy and Academic Relations (Retired)
Medtronic

Tejal Desai, Ph.D.

Chair – 2018

Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Professor of Engineering
Brown University

Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D.

Chair – 2017

TEES Professor and Department Head
Texas A&M University

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.

Chair – 2016

Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Medical Sciences
Columbia University

Christine Schmidt, Ph.D.

Chair – 2015

Pruitt Family Professor and Chair
University of Florida

Jennifer L. West, Ph.D.

Chair – 2014

Fitzpatrick Family University Professor of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Duke University

Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D.

Chair – 2013

Chair of the Bioengineering Department and the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Bioengineering and Systems Biology
University of California, San Diego

David Mooney, Ph.D.

Chair – 2012

Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering
Harvard University

Alan J. Russell, Ph.D.

Chair – 2011

Distinguished University Professor of Surgery and Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Robert Linsenmeier, Ph.D.

Chair – 2010

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Neurobiology, Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research
Northwestern University

Charles J. Robinson, D.Sc., P.E.

Chair – 2009

Herman L. Schulman Endowed Chair in Rehabilitation Eng. and Director of CREST
Clarkson University

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair – 2008

University Professor, and Albert & Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Connecticut Health Center

Nicholas A. Peppas, Sc.D.

Chair – 2007

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Director, Institute for Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine
University of Texas at Austin

Steven Goldstein, Ph.D.

Chair – 2006

Professor Emeritus, Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan