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We are delighted to announce that Prof. Younan Xia, the Editor-in-Chief of Materials and Interfaces, was elected to the 2026 Class of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the engineering profession’s highest honors. Prof. Xia was elected for his “research and leadership in the invention and rational development of advanced materials for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.”

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, utilized 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 NAE class of 2026, please visit the official announcement: https://www.nae.edu/345149/NAENewClass2026 .

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Xia on this well-deserved honor!

Kind regards,

Materials and Interfaces Editorial Office