COLUMBUS, Ohio — Katrina Cornish, a researcher in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Cornish, who holds the university’s Endowed Chair in Bio-based Emergent Materials and is an Ohio Research Scholar, is one of two inductees — along with Vice President for Research Caroline Whitacre — from Ohio State this year.
NAI Fellows are nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation.
“We at Ohio State are extremely proud of the accomplishments of Drs. Whitacre and Cornish. Their contributions to innovation are superb examples of the positive impact that the university has on society,” said Bruce McPheron, interim...