Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bionanotechnology and Molecular Recognition

University of Texas, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell Family Regents Chair #6, 2014-, tenured 50%
University of Texas, Department Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell Family Regents Chair #6, 2014-, tenured 50%.
University of Texas, Department of Chemical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair, 2003-14-, tenured 50%.
University of Texas, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair, 2003-14, tenured 50%.
University of Texas, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, 2016-, courtesy.
University of Texas, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, 2017-, tenured, joint, 0%.
University of Texas, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics/Drug Delivery, College of Pharmacy, Professor, 2003-, courtesy.
University of Texas, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chair of the Department, 2009-15.
University of Texas, Texas Materials Institute, Professor, 2003-.

Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, Showalter Distinguished Professor, 1993-2002.
Purdue University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Showalter Distinguished Professor, 1999-2002.
Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, Professor, 1982-2002.
Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor, 1978-82.
Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor, 1976-78.

Beihang University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Honorary Professor, May 2018-present.
PLA Hospital and Medical School, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Honorary Professor, January 2018-.
Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Honorary Professor, April 2017-present
Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China, Honorary Professor, June 2012-present.
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Visiting Professor, January 2005.
Free University of Berlin, Germany, Mercator Visiting Professor, Jan-June 2001.
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Visiting Professor, February-March 2001.
Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, Visiting Professor, March-April 2001.
University of Naples, Italy, Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, May 1996.
Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan, Visiting Professor, Jan.-March 1994; March 1995; March 1997.
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Visiting Professor, March-May 1994.
University of Parma, Italy, Faculty of Sciences, Adjunct Professor, 1987-88; 1993-94.
University of Paris XI, France, Faculty of Pharmacy,Visiting Professor, May-December 1986.
California Institute of Technology, Department Chemical Engineering, Visiting Professor, March-July 1983.
University of Geneva, Switzerland, Faculty of Sciences, Visiting Professor, Sept.1982-Feb. 1983.

M.I.T., Department of Chemical Engineering and Arteriosclerosis Center, Research Associate, 1975-76.
Research Center for National Defense, Research Associate, 1974-75.
Shell Co., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Summer 1970.
Beso Co., Patras, Greece, Summers 1968 and 1969.

2019 Herman Mark Award, Polymer Science, American Chemical Society
2019 Elected Fellow, European Academy – Academia Europeae
2019 Elected Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
2019 Elected Fellow, ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division
2019 Elected Fellow, ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division
2018 Adam Yarmolinsky Award for Exceptional Contributions, National Academy of Medicine
2018 Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award, AAPS, Washington DC
2018 Elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering
2018 Elected Honorary Professor, Beihang University, Beijing
2018 Honorary Doctorate, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2018 Elected Honorary Professor, PLA Hospital and Medical School, Beijing, China
2018 Associate Editor, Science Advances, AAAS/Science
2017 Editor, Regenerative Biomaterials, Oxford University Press.
2017 Elected Honorary Professor, Peking Union Medical College
2017 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2017 Inaugural Pioneer of Nanotechnology Award, Johns Hopkins University.
2017 One of the five “Medicine Makers of 2017” World wide.
2017 List of 100 Best Materials Scientists in the World.
2017 Life Achievements and Service, Controlled Release Society
2016 Honorary Doctorate, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2016 Elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
2016 Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, Biomedical Enginering Society
2016 Elected to the National Materials and Manufacturing Board, NRC
2015 International Award, European Society for Biomaterials, Krakow, Poland
2015 Controlled Release Society Award for Life Contributions, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 Honorary Doctorate, University of Patras