We are delighted to announce that Prof. Younan Xia, the Editor-in-Chief of Materials and Interfaces, was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. It recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Prof. Xia was elected “for pioneering, seminal, and sustained research contributions, as well as leadership, in the invention and rational development of myriad nanomaterials for biomedical applications, as exemplified by the successful translation of electrospun nanofibers, gold nanocages, and silver nanowires for the clinical advancement of nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, and wearable electronics.”
This honor follows his election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) earlier this year and to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2025.
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Prof. Xia is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, with equally-split appointments in Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1987, M.S. degree in chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with Alan G. MacDiarmid) in 1993, and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with George M. Whitesides) in 1996.
His group invented many nanomaterials with well-controlled properties, and they have found widespread use in applications related to plasmonics, electronics, display, catalysis, energy conversion, controlled release, nanomedicine, and regenerative medicine. For example, the silver nanowires invented by his group has been successfully commercialized for the manufacturing of flexible, transparent, and conductive coatings pivotal to applications such as touchscreen display, flexible electronics, and photovoltaics. His technology on the fabrication of aligned nanofibers has been successfully commercialized for multiple clinical products related to regenerative medicine, including those for the management of surgical and trauma wounds, along with pressure, diabetic, venous, and chronic vascular ulcers.
For more details on the 2026 election of NAM new members, please visit the official announcement: https://nam.edu/news-and-insights/nam-announces-100-new-members-for-2026/ .
Please join us in congratulating Prof. Xia on this well-deserved honor!
Kind regards,
Materials and Interfaces Editorial Office
