!!!Cato Laurencin \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Laurencin_Cato_UF797_05_small.jpg' alt='Cato Laurencin' height='240'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * University Professor (One of Two at the University of Connecticut) * Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery * Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering * Chief Executive Officer, The Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering * Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, The University of Connecticut \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2021 Member, National Academy of Sciences *2017 Member, National Academy of Inventors *2011 Member, National Academy of Engineering *2004 Member, National Academy of Medicine *2019 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences *Presidential Awards **National Medal of Technology and Innovation (Nation’s Highest Honor for Technological Achievement) **Awarded by President Barack Obama 2016 **Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring Awarded by President Barack Obama 2009 **Presidential Faculty Fellowship Award Awarded by President Bill Clinton 1996 * International Prizes **2022 Nation of St. Lucia: St. Lucia Medal of Honor (Gold) 2022 **2019 United Nations UNESCO Equatorial Guinea - Africa International Prize for Research For Research in the Life Sciences * International Academies, Fellow **Royal Academy of Engineering **European Academy of Sciences **The World Academy of Sciences **African Academy of Sciences **Senegalese Academy of Technology and Science **The Benin Academy of Arts and Sciences **India National Academy of Sciences **Academician and Member (Foreign), Chinese Academy of Engineering **Indian National Academy of Engineering **Indian Academy of Sciences \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Laurencin_Cato/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Laurencin_Cato/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Laurencin_Cato/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Laurencin_Cato/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit claurencin}] [{ALLOW upload claurencin}] [{ALLOW comment All}]