Antonios G. Mikos.The recipient of the 2019 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal is Professor Antonios G. Mikos, Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. The Award will be presented at the 2019 U.S. Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held in Seattle, WA, in April 2019.
Professor Mikos received his Dipl.Eng (1983) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and his Ph.D. (1988) in chemical engineering from Purdue University. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School before joining the Rice Faculty in 1992 as an assistant professor where he has remained since.
Professor Mikos’ research focuses on the synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials to be used as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery, as non-viral vectors for gene therapy, and as platforms for modeling diseases. His work has led to the development of novel orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, neurologic, and ophthalmologic biomaterials.
Professor Mikos is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, and the Academy of Athens. He is a Founding Fellow of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Controlled Release Society, the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, and the National Academy of Inventors.
Professor Mikos has been recognized by various awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas, the Founders Award and the Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature of the Society For Biomaterials, the Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Award and the Shu Chien Achievement Award of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Excellence in Surface Science Award of the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation, the Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research and the James E. Bailey Award in Biological Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering of the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, the Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research of the Orthopaedic Research Society, and the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award of Purdue University.
Professor Mikos is a founding editor and editor-in-chief of the journals Tissue Engineering Part A, Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, and Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods. He is the organizer of the continuing education course, Advances in Tissue Engineering, offered annually at Rice University since 1993. He is also the Past-President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas and the Society For Biomaterials.