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UCR engineering professor maps California’s university innovation ecosystem through new NAI study

Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, co-authored the paper with Paul R. Sanberg, president of the National Academy of Inventors. The work grew out of Ozkan’s role as a 2025 NAI Invention Ambassador, a leadership position focused on collaboration, translational research, and inventor...
By Sara Salsgiver |
A group of eleven students and faculty members standing outside the Bourns College of Engineering building entrance on a sunny day, posing together for a group photo.

AI-enabled drug discovery project earns $100,000 CUBRI-UCR award

A new collaborative research project led by UC Riverside bioengineering professor Jiayu Liao has received a $100,000 award from the City of Hope-UC Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative (CUBRI-UCR) to advance a promising approach for discovering next-generation therapies for cancer and other diseases.
By Sara Salsgiver |