Mark Leschinsky
In 2014, to protect healthcare workers fighting the Ebola epidemic in Africa, Leschinsky developed a novel design for a hazmat suit which was self-disinfecting. In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gallery for America's Young Inventors at the National Museum of Education in Akron, Ohio for his design. Leschinsky received a United States Patent for the "Self Disinfecting Protective Garment" in 2016 (patent number US9392824B1). In 2023, a second Patent was received for a "Wearable Air Sterilizer with Slidable Face Shield" (patent number D986510).