Announcing the 2026 BMES Grade of Fellow Class

This year, the BMES Board of Directors is honored to welcome 13 new members to the ranks of BMES Fellows.

The Fellow grade of membership is a prestigious and highly selective honor recognizing outstanding achievement and significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering.

BMES Fellows have demonstrated impactful achievements and made meaningful contributions to the biomedical engineering community and to BMES. They are active leaders in the profession and within the Society.

The new BMES Fellows will be honored during the 2026 BMES Annual Meeting in Orlando, on Thursday, October 22, at the plenary session beginning at 5:15 pm. 

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!

The 2026 BMES Grade of Fellows and their achievements in the field of biomedical engineering.

Kyle D. Allen, PhD

University of Florida

Ashley Brown, PhD

North Carolina State University

Gulden Camci-Unal, PhD

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Raffaella De Vita, PhD

Virginia Tech

Elain Fu, PhD

Oregon State University

Jun Liao, PhD

University of Texas at Arlington

Roger J. Narayan, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tyrone M. Porter, PhD

The University of Texas at Austin

Paolo P. Provenzano, PhD

University of Minnesota

Robin M. Queen, PhD

The Ohio State University

Thomas M. Talavage, PhD

University of Cincinnati

Casim A. Sarkar, PhD

University of Minnesota

Aijun Wang, PhD

University of California, Davis