Prof.C.Mauli Agrawal is currently the Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Earlier, he served as the Interim Provost and the Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA). Prof. Agrawal research areas include orthopedic and cardiovascular biomaterials/implants, and he has authored more than 300 scientific publications and has 29 patents in his name. His UTSA bioengineering research group has been responsible for starting three companies in San Antonio.

Prof. Agrawal currently serves on the board of trustees of the Southwest Research Institute, and is a member of Biomed SA, the Texas Research Park Foundation and the San Antonio Medical Foundation. He worked closely with the City of San Antonio and Mayor Julian Castro to establish the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute at UTSA, which received a $50 million pledge of support from CPS Energy.

Prof. Agrawal is a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Additionally, he has also served as the president of the Society for Biomaterials in 2006. He has served on the editorial boards of various scientific journals, including the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Tissue Engineering, the Journal of System of Systems, and the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. IITK conferred upon Prof. C. Mauli Agrawal the Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2020.

Awards and Honors

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
• Inducted into the National Academy of Inventors, 2016
• Awarded the 2010 Palmaz award for Innovation in Healthcare and Biosciences Other Palmaz winners include Nobel Laureate W.E. Moerner, Julio Palmaz (inventor of the intravascular stent), Leroy Hood (inventor of DNA sequencer), Robert Langer (father of regenerative medicine), Dean Kamen (inventor of Segway and founder of FIRST robotics) and Francisco Cigarroa (Chancellor, UT System).
• Testified before a US Congressional committee about the Future of Cloud Computing, 2015.
• Recognized as Best Biomedical Engineering Professor by Student Council, 2014.
• Service Award (national), Society for Biomaterials, 2013.
• Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials, 2008.
• Received the San Antonio Healthcare Hero Award, San Antonio Business Journal, 2007.
• UT Chancellor’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award, 2007, University of Texas System.
• Elected as 2006 President of the Society for Biomaterials – International Professional Society.
• Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2003.