Question: Facts: - residence: 20px usa - prizes: -lsb- -lrb- 2012 -rrb- -rsb- , acta biomaterialia gold medal -lrb- http://www.nae.edu/activities/projects/awards/foundersawards/founderswinners.aspx 2010 -rrb- , sura award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , -lsb- national http://www.aiche.org/community/awards/founders-award-outstanding-contributions-field-chemical-engineering founders award aiche -lrb- 2008 -rrb- -rsb- , janot academy award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , -lsb- http://www.aimbe.org/awards/pierre-galletti-award/ galletti award aimbe of -lrb- 2008 -rrb- -rsb- , -lsb- http://www.aiche.org/community/awards/william-h-walker-award-excellence-contributions-chemical-engineering-literature walker award aiche engineering -lrb- 2006 -rrb- -rsb- , -lsb- http://www.aiche.org/sbe/community/awards/james-e-bailey-award bailey award sbe , -lrb- 2006 -rrb- -rsb- founders award - known for: hydrogels equation , peppas-reinhart theory , brannon-peppas theory , oral protein , delivery , intelligent polymers , recognitive release systems . swellable systems , peppas equation , korsmeyer-peppas - caption: nicholas a. peppas - field: chemical delivery engineering , biomedical engineering , biomaterials , drug - doctoral advisor: edward wilson merrill - work institution: the university of texas at austin - birth date: august 25 , 1948 - name: nicholas a. peppas - nationality: 20px usa 20px greece - image: nicholas a peppas 1-12-08 . jpg - birth place: athens , greece - alma mater: massachusetts athens institute of technology , national technical university of Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nicholas a. peppas .
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nicholas -lrb- nikolaos -rrb- a. peppas -lrb- ; born in athens , greece on august 25 , 1948 -rrb- is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering , drug delivery , bionanotechnology , pharmaceutical sciences , chemical and polymer engineering has led to numerous biomedical products or devices .