Nicholas A. Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ljubljana.
Nicholas Peppas
Nicholas A. Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ljubljana. He will be honored at a ceremony on December 4 at the University of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Türk, the President of the Slovenian Academy of Science, Prof. Jože Trontelj, and the Rector of the University, Prof. Radovan Stanislav Pejovnik. Other honorary doctorates include Donald Dublin, professor of statistics at Harvard University, and Adam Michnik, a Polish historian, essayist, and former dissident.
Peppas, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, is considered the leading researcher in the field of biomaterials, drug delivery and controlled release. His leadership in these fields has led to numerous biomedical products and devices. The Korsmeyer-Peppas equation, the basic theoretical model for controlled release systems, is one is his most important developments to date.
In 2007 Peppas received the Career Research Excellence Award from The University of Texas at Austin and has been awarded more than 100 international awards. He most recently received the Founders Award from the National Academy of Engineering, which is the academy’s highest recognition. This will be Peppas’ fourth honorary doctorate degree; he has received others from the University of Athens, Ghent University, and the University of Parma.
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest university in Slovenia and one of the top institutions in Eastern Europe. Founded in 1919, the university is based in the capital city of Ljubljana, and “provides instruction and training to prominent scientists and experts, capable of leading sustainable development, with a view to respecting the legacy of European enlightenment and humanism as well as human rights,” according to their website.
