Nicholas A. Peppas | |
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 Nicholas A. Peppas | |
| Born | August 25, 1948 (age 76) Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Technical University of Athens |
| Known for | Hydrogels, swellable systems, swelling/syneresis, polymer physics, nanotechnology, nano materials, Peppas equation, Korsmeyer-Peppas equation, Peppas-Reinhart theory, Brannon-Peppas theory, oral protein delivery, intelligent polymers, recognitive release systems, regenerative medicine, convergence. |
| Awards | National Academy of Engineering, Founders Award (2012), Honorary doctorates Univ. Ghent, Univ. Parma, Univ. Athens, Univ. Patras, Univ. Ljubliana, Giulio Natta Medal (2014), ACS Applied Polymer Science Award (2014), Benjamin Garver Lamme Award ASEE (2013), Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal (2010), SURA Award (2010), Founders Award AIChE (2008), Janot Award (2010), Galletti Award AIMBE (2008), Walker Award AIChE (2006), Bailey Award SBE (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering |
| Institutions | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Wilson Merrill |
| Website | https://www.bme.utexas.edu/about-us/faculty-directory/peppas |
Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas (Greek: Νικόλαος Α. Πέππας; born August 25, 1948, in Athens, Greece) is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemical and polymer engineering has provided seminal foundations based on the physics and mathematical theories of nanoscale, macromolecular processes and drug/protein transport and has led to numerous biomedical products or devices.