Francis Barany of Weill Cornell University, Barbara D. Boyan of Virginia Commonwealth University, Paul L. Modrich of Duke University, Nicholas Muzyczka of the University of Florida, Ronald T. Raines of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Bruce W. Stillman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have been nominated as 2016 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

NAI fellows are named inventors on U.S. patents who are nominated by their peers for their outstanding contributions as innovators. Fellows are recognized for having a significant effect on society through innovations in patents and licensing as well as discovery and technology.

These six members, along with the other 2016 NAI fellows, will be inducted as part of the Sixth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors in April.