Six FSU faculty named to Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

Six Florida State University researchers have been named to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida in recognition of their extraordinary research accomplishments.

“These six researchers are outstanding faculty members who have made significant contributions to their fields,” said FSU Vice President for Research Stacey S. Patterson. “We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and congratulate them on being named to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.”

Founded in 2018, the academy studies issues in science, engineering and medicine of interest to the people of Florida and provides unbiased, expert advice related to these issues.

To be selected, individuals must live and work in Florida, be nominated by a current ASEMFL member and have an outstanding record of accomplishments of international significance.

The researchers will be inducted into ASEMFL at the organization’s annual conference in November.

The six FSU researchers are:

Angelina Sutin
Sutin is a professor of behavioral sciences and social medicine in the FSU College of Medicine who studies the psychological and social factors that contribute to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She has brought in more than $11 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Gerontological Society of America.

Christopher Patrick
Patrick is a Distinguished Research Professor and the director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology. His research focuses on psychopathy, antisocial behavior, substance abuse and personality. He is the author of over 380 published works and editor of the Handbook of Psychopathy. He has served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Society for Scientific Study of Psychopathy and has received lifetime contribution awards from both organizations.

Igor Alabugin
A member of the FSU faculty since 2000, Alabugin is a Distinguished Research Professor whose work bridges synthetic and theoretical organic chemistry. His research group is known for integrating experimental and theoretical approaches to discover new reactions, reveal hidden stereoelectronic effects and design unusual molecules with applications for molecular electronics. In 2023, Alabugin received the Southern Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society for his pioneering contributions to organic chemistry.

Joseph Schlenoff
Schlenoff, a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, specializes in polymer and materials science research, with a focus in polyelectrolytes. He served as chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry from 2007 to 2011, and he was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2023.

Richard Liang
Liang is the Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair Professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the associate dean for research.  He also serves as the director of the FSU High-Performance Materials Institute. His research experience and expertise are in the areas of advanced composites, multifunctional nanomaterials and thin carbon nanotube materials, including synthesis, chemical functionalization, processing-structure-property relationships and multiscale characterization and manufacturing process modeling. He has published more than 175 journal articles and holds 40 U.S. patents for his work. He was named to the National Academy of Inventors in 2021.

Robert Schurko
Schurko is a leading authority in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Since 2020, he has served as director of the NMR/MRI User Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory — the world’s only open-access facility of its kind. In this role, he guides the scientific direction of the program, oversees a multidisciplinary team of more than 25 staff scientists and engineers and supports over 300 users annually from around the globe.

For more information, visit the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.