Jonathan Dordick Elected to National Academy of Engineering
TROY, N.Y. — Jonathan Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann ’42 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), for his contributions to methods for rapidly screening drug efficacy and toxicity and biocatalytic technologies for improving human health.
Election to the NAE is among the highest professional honors bestowed upon an engineer. According to the NAE, membership recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering.”