Dr. Russell J. Mumper, vice president for research and economic development at The University of Alabama, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors - the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors! 👏 A prominent researcher in the field of pharmaceutical sciences and biomedical engineering, Mumper is the first faculty member at UA elected as an NAI Fellow. He holds faculty appointments in the UA Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the UA Department of Family, Internal and Rural Medicine. Mumper is also an inventor on 20 United States patents and 10 foreign patents in the fields of advanced drug and gene delivery systems, nanotechnology, vaccines, and botanical drugs. For more on Dr. Mumper & the NAI, visit the link in our bio! #WhereLegendsAreMade #TideResearch