Antonios G. Mikos

Research Interests:

Biomaterials

Drug Delivery

Nanotechnology

Gene Therapy

Tissue Engineering

Education:

Dipl. (1983) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

M.S. (1985) Purdue University

Ph.D. (1988) Purdue University

Antonios G. Mikos is the J.W. Cox Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He is the Director of the J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering and the Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering at Rice University. He received his Dip.Eng. (1993) from the Arostotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and his Ph.D. (1988) in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. He was a postdoctoral researcher ar the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School before joining Rice Faculty in 1992 as as Assistant Professor.

Mikos' research focuses on the synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery, and as non-viral vectors for gene therapy. His work had led to the development of novel orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, neurologic, and ophthalmologic biomaterials. He is the author of over 330 publications and 23 patents. He is the editor of 9 books and the author of one textbook.

Mikos is a fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He has been recognized by various awards including the Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Distinguished Lecturer Award of the Biomedical Engineering Society, 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 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature of the Society for Biomaterials.

Mikos is a founding editor of the journal Tissue Engineering and a member of the editorial boards of the journals Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Cell Transplantation, Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (Part A and B), and Journal of Controlled Release. He is president elect of the North American Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society and secretary/reasurer elect of the Society for Biomaterials. He is the organizer of the continuing education course Advances in Tissue Engineering offered annually at Rice University since 1993.

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