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Florida State University President Richard McCullough was honored as a new member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello)\t\t<\/p>\n
Florida State University President\u00a0Richard McCullough<\/a>\u00a0was among\u00a0an outstanding\u00a0class of\u00a0inductees and new members\u00a0of\u00a0the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL)\u00a0who were honored\u00a0during the organization\u2019s annual conference\u00a0on Nov. 7\u00a0in Orlando.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Six FSU researchers\u00a0\u2014 Igor\u00a0Alabugin, Richard Liang, Angelina Sutin, Christopher Patrick, Joseph\u00a0Schlenoff\u00a0and Robert\u00a0Schurko\u00a0\u2014\u00a0are\u00a0a part of the\u00a0ASEMFL\u2019s 2025\u00a0inductees.\u00a0<\/p>\n This year, Florida-based members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)\u00a0and\u00a0the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) were\u00a0also\u00a0invited to join the ASEMFL.\u00a0McCullough, who was\u00a0elected\u00a0an\u00a0NAI Fellow in\u00a02013, was among\u00a0the newly recognized\u00a0members\u00a0along with\u00a0Murray Gibson, Eric Holmes, Hui \u201cHelen\u201d\u00a0Li\u00a0and Bruce Locke.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida,\u201d McCullough said. \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0deeply gratified by this recognition of my work and humbled to be included among outstanding FSU researchers who have made significant contributions to their fields and continue to drive discovery and innovation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Founded in 2018, the academy studies issues in science,\u00a0engineering\u00a0and medicine of interest to the people of Florida and provides unbiased, expert advice related to these issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n McCullough, who was\u00a0recently inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame<\/a>,\u00a0was recognized for his discovery and development of a type of polymer known as\u00a0regioregular\u00a0polythiophenes and other breakthrough organic electronic materials\u00a0and for founding companies that have advanced the commercialization of printable electronics and reactive metal inks.\u00a0<\/p>\n The six\u00a02025\u00a0FSU\u00a0inductees are:\u00a0<\/p>\n Angelina Sutin<\/a>,\u00a0professor\u00a0of behavioral sciences and social medicine in the\u00a0FSU College of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0who studies the psychological and social factors that contribute to the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and related\u00a0dementias. She has brought in more than $11 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Gerontological Society of America.\u00a0<\/p>\n Christopher Patrick<\/a>,\u00a0a Distinguished Research\u00a0Professor\u00a0and the director of clinical training in the\u00a0Department of Psychology<\/a>. His research focuses on psychopathy, antisocial behavior, substance\u00a0abuse\u00a0and\u00a0personality. He is the author of\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0380 published works and editor of the Handbook of Psychopathy. He has served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Society for Scientific Study of Psychopathy and has received lifetime contribution awards from both organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n Igor\u00a0Alabugin<\/a>, a\u00a0member of the FSU faculty since 2000\u00a0and\u00a0a Distinguished Research Professor whose work bridges synthetic and theoretical organic chemistry. His research group\u00a0integrates\u00a0experimental and theoretical approaches to discover new reactions,\u00a0reveal\u00a0hidden\u00a0stereoelectronic\u00a0effects\u00a0and\u00a0design\u00a0unusual molecules with applications for molecular electronics. In 2023,\u00a0Alabugin\u00a0received the\u00a0Southern Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society<\/a>\u00a0for his pioneering contributions to organic chemistry.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joseph\u00a0Schlenoff<\/a>,\u00a0a Robert\u00a0O. Lawton Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u00a0He\u00a0specializes in polymer and materials science research, with a focus\u00a0in\u00a0polyelectrolytes. He served as chair of the\u00a0FSU\u00a0Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a>\u00a0from 2007 to 2011, and he was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in\u00a02023.\u00a0<\/p>\n Richard Liang,<\/a>\u00a0the Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair Professor in the\u00a0FAMU-FSU College of Engineering<\/a>\u00a0and the associate dean for research.\u00a0He also serves as the director of the\u00a0FSU High-Performance Materials Institute. His research experience and\u00a0expertise\u00a0are in the areas of advanced composites, multifunctional\u00a0nanomaterials\u00a0and thin carbon nanotube materials, including synthesis, chemical functionalization, processing-structure-property relationships and multiscale characterization and manufacturing process modeling. He has published more than 175 journal articles and holds 40 U.S. patents for his work. He was named to the National Academy of Inventors in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n Robert\u00a0Schurko<\/a>,\u00a0a leading authority in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Since 2020, he has served as director of the NMR\/MRI User Program at the\u00a0National High Magnetic Field Laboratory<\/a>,\u00a0the world\u2019s only open-access\u00a0facility of its kind. In this role, he guides the scientific direction of the program, oversees a multidisciplinary team of more than 25 staff scientists and\u00a0engineers\u00a0and supports over 300 users annually from around the globe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Angelina Sutin, professor of behavioral sciences and social medicine in the FSU College of Medicine, In addition to McCullough,\u00a0the\u00a0new members\u00a0from FSU\u00a0are:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Murray Gibson<\/a>, a Florida A&M University professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and former dean of the joint FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.\u00a0He\u00a0is renowned for research in advanced electron microscopy techniques. His work reveals critical relationships between structure and properties in semiconductor nanostructures.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eric Holmes,<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0recently retired\u00a0former assistant vice president for research,\u00a0has focused most of his career on cancer but more recently has looked at antiviral therapeutics for viruses such as Zika.\u00a0He has patented a number of technologies, 21 of which were licensed to drug companies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Hui (Helen) Li<\/a>, a Florida State University Provost McKenzie Professor in\u00a0Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u00a0She\u00a0received recognition for\u00a0work in power electronics. Her research focuses on developing technologies for direct current converters, renewable energy\u00a0solutions\u00a0and battery products.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bruce R. Locke<\/a>, chair and distinguished research professor in\u00a0Chemical and Biomedical Engineering\u00a0at\u00a0FSU.\u00a0He\u00a0is acclaimed for research in plasma reaction engineering. He designs and develops gas-liquid plasma reactors for environmental pollution control and chemical synthesis.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information, visit the\u00a0Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hui (Helen) Li, a Florida State University Provost McKenzie Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, was honored as a new member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) Bruce R. Locke, chair and distinguished research professor in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at FSU, was honored as a new member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. 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\nwas inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) Christopher Patrick, a Distinguished Research Professor and the director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology, was inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) Igor Alabugin, a member of the FSU faculty since 2000 and a Distinguished Research Professor, was inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) Joseph Schlenoff, a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) Richard Liang, the Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair Professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the associate dean for research, was inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during the organization\u2019s annual conference on Nov. 7 in Orlando. (Photo by Dawn Aiello) <\/p>\n