{"id":204179,"date":"2023-09-05T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=204179"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:34:07","slug":"dr-cato-t-laurencin-to-receive-the-kathryn-c-hach-award-for-entrepreneurial-success-from-the-american-chemical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2023\/09\/dr-cato-t-laurencin-to-receive-the-kathryn-c-hach-award-for-entrepreneurial-success-from-the-american-chemical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Cato T. Laurencin to Receive the Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has selected University of Connecticut\u2019s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin<\/a> as the 2024 recipient of its Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success.<\/a><\/p>\n

As the national awardee, Laurencin is recognized for his use of the transforming power of chemistry to improve people\u2019s lives. The hallmark of this contribution is impact: positive impact on people\u2019s lives and positive impact on the economy by creating jobs that produce a significant economic benefit.<\/p>\n

Laurencin\u2019s innovations in regenerative engineering and his impact on the fields of biomaterials, nanotechnology, and stem cell science have had an immeasurable impact. As the leading international figure in polymeric biomaterials chemistry and engineering, he has made not only extraordinary scientific contributions, but has contributed through innovation and invention.<\/p>\n

In Connecticut, Laurencin was the lead faculty architect for Bioscience Connecticut. Start-up companies he has founded have led to products now on the market. He received the Connecticut Medal of Technology in recognition of his work in the state.<\/p>\n

Nationally, Laurencin is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and the first surgeon elected to all 4 of the U.S. National Academies. He serves on the board of directors of the National Academy of Inventors and on the National Academy of Inventors Selection Committee.<\/p>\n

He received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, America\u2019 highest recognition for technological achievement, from the President of the United States.\u00a0 In service to our nation, he serves as Vice-Chair of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination and Evaluation Committee, appointed by both the Trump and Biden administrations.<\/p>\n

Most recently, he received the Inventor of the Year Award<\/a><\/u> presented to the world\u2019s most outstanding recent inventors from the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF). The IPOEF\u2019s board of directors voted unanimously for him, recognizing his impact on biomaterials, nanotechnology, stem cell science, and the field of regenerative engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laurencin serves UConn as University Professor, the Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, materials science and engineering, and biomedical engineering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":180370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2429,1866,1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-204179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-scholarships","category-engr","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 20:05:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204183,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204179\/revisions\/204183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/180370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204179"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=204179"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=204179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}