Cato Laurencin#
| Membership Number: | 5960 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Laurencin-Cato |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6765-3047 |
Present and Previous Positions
- University Professor (One of Two at the University of Connecticut)
- Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Chief Executive Officer, The Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering
- Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, The University of Connecticut
Fields of Scholarship
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Biomaterials
- Polymer science
- Regenerative engineering
- Chemistry
- Stem cell science
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 2017 Member, National Academy of Inventors
- 2011 Member, National Academy of Engineering
- 2004 Member, National Academy of Medicine
- 2019 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Presidential Awards
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation (Nation’s Highest Honor for Technological Achievement)
- Awarded by President Barack Obama 2016
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring Awarded by President Barack Obama 2009
- Presidential Faculty Fellowship Award Awarded by President Bill Clinton 1996
- International Prizes
- 2022 Nation of St. Lucia: St. Lucia Medal of Honor (Gold) 2022
- 2019 United Nations UNESCO Equatorial Guinea - Africa International Prize for Research For Research in the Life Sciences
- International Academies, Fellow
- Royal Academy of Engineering
- European Academy of Sciences
- The World Academy of Sciences
- African Academy of Sciences
- Senegalese Academy of Technology and Science
- The Benin Academy of Arts and Sciences
- India National Academy of Sciences
- Academician and Member (Foreign), Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Indian National Academy of Engineering
- Indian Academy of Sciences
