NICHOLAS A. PEPPAS
Present Position
Cockrell Family Regents Chaired Professor in the Departments of Chemical, Biomedical Engineering, Pediatrics, Surgery and Pharmacy, and Director of the Institute of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine of the University of Texas at Austin
Chapter Affiliation
University of Texas at Austin
Background Information
CV
Statement
I am running for election to the Board of Sigma Xi because I believe that Sigma Xi can provide much needed leadership in science and can nurture the young generation to appreciate true scientific inquiry, interaction with colleagues across the country and the world, and world wide collaboration to solve important problems in health, the environment, sustainability, infrastructure improvement and equality through the world. I have been in leadership positions in the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, biomedical Engineering Society, International Union of biomaterials Societies, Controlled Release Society, Society for Biomaterials, NAE and NAM. If elected, I will apply the same principles of hard work, vision and leadership to Sigma Xi and organization where I was elected and became a member (at MIT) 46 years ago, an organization that I led as Chairman at Purdue in the past.