Honors and Awards – Dr. Mikos
- 2024 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2024 Elected to the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia
- 2024 Biomaterials Global Impact Award
- 2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service, Rice University
- 2023 Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Founder’s Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2023 International Award, European Society for Biomaterials
- 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Global
- 2022 Presidential Award for Mentoring, Rice University
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2021 1821-2021: Greek Pioneers in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Institute for the Advancement of Research and Education in the Arts, Sciences and Technology
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2021 Elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- 2020 Elected to the Academia Europaea
- 2020 Medicine Maker Power List
- 2020 Founders Award, Controlled Release Society
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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2019 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
- 2019 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal
- 2018 Honorary Doctorate, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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2018 Chair’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
- 2018 Honorary Professorship, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- 2017 Elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
- 2017 James E. Bailey Award in Biological Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2017 Shu Chien Achievement Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
- 2016 Elected to the Academy of Athens
- 2016 Excellence in Surface Science Award, Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
- 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas
- 2014 Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
- 2014 Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2014 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, Purdue University
- 2012 Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
- 2012 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
- 2012 Elected to the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
- 2012 Founding Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
- 2012 Honorary Professorship, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 2012 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2011 Founders Award, Society For Biomaterials
- 2011 Fellow, Controlled Release Society
- 2011 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award, Rice University
- 2010 Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award in Chemical Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2010 Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award, American Society for Engineering Education
- 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award – Isaac Schour Memorial Award, International Association for Dental Research
- 2010 Outstanding Presentation Award, Annual Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Conference
- 2009 Greater Houston Section Award, American Chemical Society
- 2009 Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
- 2009 Chemstations Lectureship Award, American Society for Engineering Education
- 2009 Outstanding Presentation Award, Annual Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Conference
- 2008 Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award, Purdue University
- 2008 Distinguished Scientist Award, Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology
- 2007 Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2007 Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
- 2007 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas TAMEST
- 2007 Oral Abstract Scientific Presentation Award, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- 2005 Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research, Orthopaedic Research Society
- 2003 Huygens Lecturer Award, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 2003 Innovation Award, Advanced Materials Research Center, Singapore
- 2001 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature, Society for Biomaterials
- 2000 Best Poster Award, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
- 2000 Phoenix Pharmazie-Wissenschaftspreis (Pharmaceutical Science Award)
- 2000 Fellow, International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering
- 2000 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award, Rice University
- 1999 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- 1998 Young Investigator Research Achievement Award, Controlled Release Society
- 1997 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award, Rice University
- 1996 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Materials Research Society
- 1996 FIRST Award, National Institutes of Health
- 1995 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award, Rice University
- 1994 Whitaker Young Investigator Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
- 1994 Johnson & Johnson Medical Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology
- 1991 Victor K. LaMer Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, American Chemical Society
- 1988, 1985 Sigma Xi Student Research Competition Award
- 1983 Technical Chamber of Greece Award