Professor Xiaowei Zhaung, along with 14 other innovation pioneers whose inventions range from cancer treatments to theatrical technologies and special effects, will be honored in the 2024 class of National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductees. 

In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Hall of Fame will honor these Inductees on May 9 at one of the innovation industry’s most highly anticipated events — “The Greatest Celebration of American Innovation^®.”

“Every year, I am impressed and inspired by the accomplishments of the newest Inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame,” said Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. “We are proud to honor these world-changing inventors in the class of 2024, who show us the power of turning ideas into realities and participating in our intellectual property system to make a positive impact on our society and our future.”

Zhuang is honored for her work on Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM). She introduced one of the most widely used methods of super-resolution imaging — stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, or STORM. This technique, which overcomes the diffraction limit of light microscopy to produce images with higher resolution, is used to investigate biological systems and processes.

For a full list of the inductees visit the official announcment.