Nicholas A. Peppas#
| Membership Number: | 4972 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.che.utexas.edu/research/biomat/index.htm |
| Twitter: | @NPeppas |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/nicos.peppas.3 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-peppas-422328144/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell Family Regents Chair #6, University of Texas
- 2003 - 2014 Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair, University of Texas
- 2009 - 2015 Chair of the Department, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas
- 1993 - 2002 Showalter Distinguished Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
- 1999 - 2002 Showalter Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
- 1982 - 2002 Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
- 1978 - 1982 Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
- 1976 - 1978 Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
- 1975 - 1976 Department of Chemical Engineering and Arteriosclerosis Center, Research Associate, M.I.T.
- 1974 - 1975 Research Associate, Research Center for National Defense
Fields of Scholarship
- Bionanotechnology and nanomaterials
- Controlled drug delivery
- Polymerization kinetics and reaction engineering
- Biomaterials science
- Polymer Dissolution: microelectronics and optical applications
- Diffusion in polymers, composites, mathematical modeling and membrane science
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 2019 Canadian Academy of Engineering (elected member)
- 2018 Adam Yarmolinsky Award of the National Academy of Medicine
- 2017 Honorary Doctorate, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, U.S.A. (elected fellow)
- 2017 Life Achievements and Service, Controlled Release Society
- 2016 International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (elected member)
- 2015 International Award, European Society for Biomaterials, Krakow, Poland
- 2015 Controlled Release Society Award for Life Contributions, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2014 Giulio Natta Medal, Polytechnic School of Milan, Italy
- 2015 Honorary Doctorate, University of Patras, Greece
- 2013 Academy of Athens, Greece (elected member)
- 2014 National Academy of Inventors, U.S.A. (elected fellow)
- 2014 Applied Polymer Science Award, American Chemical Society
- 2012 Founders Award, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A.
- 2011 Royal Academy of Spain (Academia Real) (elected member)
- 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
- 2010 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal
- 2010 Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens, Greece
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate, University of Ghent, Belgium
- 2008 National Academy of Medicine, U.S.A. (elected member)
- 2008 Pierre Galletti Award, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
- 2006 National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A. (elected member)
- 2006 Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (elected member)
- 2005 French Academy of Pharmacy (Académie Nationale de Pharmacie) (elected member)
