Dec 10, 2024
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to congratulate Hamid Jafarkhani and Jianhua Yu on being named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
An expert in communications theory, Hamid Jafarkhani, Chancellor's Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Conexant-Broadcom Endowed Chair, focuses his research on signal processing, machine learning, wireless communications, image processing and wireless networks. His multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) space-time processing inventions have been used in many wireless communication standards like mobile cellular networks and Wi-Fi. He serves as director of UC Irvine's Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing and previously served as director of the Networked Systems graduate program. Professor Jafarkhani holds 52 patents and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. He authored the book "Space-Time Coding: Theory and Practice" and he has won numerous awards in his field. Professor Jafarkhani is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
A pioneer in engineering natural killer immune cells for cancer treatments, Jianhua Yu, Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, focuses his research on harnessing innate immunity to treat both hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Professor Yu's work also advances the development of oncolytic viruses as a therapeutic approach for cancer. Several discoveries from his lab have progressed to clinical trials. Professor Yu has expanded the impact of his work through licensing technologies to pharmaceutical companies, launching a start-up company, and establishing translational pathways within his lab. He has more than 40 awarded or pending patents and has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles. Professor Yu is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
The National Academy of Inventors Fellows Program is the organization's highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors to recognize innovation that has made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society.
UC Irvine now has 20 National Academy of Inventors fellows and nearly 700 active U.S. patents. Please join me in congratulating Professors Jafarkhani and Yu for this exceptional recognition.
Sincerely,
Hal Stern
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics