Jon Dobson, Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

He is being honored by AAAS for “outstanding contributions to the development of magnetic micro- and nanoparticle-based technologies in cell engineering, regenerative medicine and gene transfection.”

Dobson has developed novel technologies for magnetic targeting and remote activation of cell signaling pathways for cell engineering and stem cell therapy, magnetic nanoparticle-based gene transfection, and magnetic targeting of modified cell carriers for cancer therapy and regenerative medicine.

He will be recognized during a ceremony for new Fellows on Saturday, February 13, 2016, during the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.