César de la Fuente, a Presidential Assistant Professor of psychiatry and microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine and of bio-engineering  and in chemical and biomolecular engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellow. The only faculty member inducted this year from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. de la Fuente is one of the youngest members ever to have been selected as an AIMBE fellow.

Election to the AIMBE College of fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer, with AIMBE fellows representing the top 2% of medical and biological engineers. Membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Nominated and reviewed by peers and members of the College of Fellows, Dr. de la Fuente was elected a fellow “for the development of novel antimicrobial peptides designed using principles from computation, engineering and biology.”