Professor Pedro Irazoqui, who is also Associate Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Implantable Devices, will be inducted in April as fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of the AIMBE College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to implantable electronic devices.

An induction ceremony will be held during AIMBE's 25th annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall on April 4 in Washington, D.C. Professor Irazoqui is among 160 members of AIMBE's College of Fellows Class of 2016. The AIMBE College of Fellows represents the top 2 percent of medical and biological engineers in the country, according to the organization.

Professor Irazoqui, who joined the Purdue faculty in 2005, specializes in research into miniature biological implants and neural prosthetic devices. The work could bring new opportunities for the treatment of disorders including epilepsy, spinal cord injury and depression. He leads an interdisciplinary Purdue research team in a $5.4 million project awarded last year and funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a wireless implantable device for treating conditions resulting from the body's inflammatory response. Irazoqui earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and a doctorate in neuroengineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2003. He has received various awards and honors including the Best Teacher Award from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, the Early Career Award from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the Marion B. Scott Excellence in Teaching Award from Tau Beta Pi and the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.