Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas (Greek: Νικόλαος Α. Πέππας; born August 25, 1948 in Athens, Greece) is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemical and polymer engineering has provided seminal foundations based on the physics and mathematical theories of nanoscale, macromolecular processes and drug/protein transport and has led to numerous biomedical products or devices.