Employment

• Part-Time Prof. in Soft Tissue Remodelling, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2000-present.
• Professor of Medical Engineering, QMUL, 1999-present.
• Associate Director of the IRC, QMUL, 1999-present.
• Reader in Biomaterials & Biomechanics 1995-99.
• Lecturer, Queen Mary, Univ. London 1989-95.
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Oxford Orthopaedic Engiineering Centre, Oxford University 1986-88.

Teaching & Administration

• Has supervised 30 postgraduate students to successful PhD awards and has managed more than 10 postdoctoral research assistants.

Teaching Interests

• Biomaterials and Biomechanics
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Research Methods for Taught Postgraduate Students

Research Interests

• Biomechanics of soft tissues in health and disease
• Engineering strategies for prevention of pressure ulcers
• Mechanotransduction signalling events
• Tissue engineered repair strategies
• Predicative indicators of soft tissue damage

Funded Research Projects (As Principal or Co-Investigator)

• Australian National Health Medical Research Council Aus$1,6million 2010-13
• UK EPSRC Platform Grant Scheme, £1.0 million, 2007-12.
• UK BBSRC, £179,705 2004-07.
• Welcome Trust, £180k approx, 2004.
• Malyasian Government, £63,615 2002.
• UK Research Councils Basic Technology Research Programme, £1.67 million, 2002.
• Smith & Nephew Group Research, £36,547 2002.
• European Fifth Framework RTD project, £600k, 2001.

Awards & Honours

• Awarded a Scholarship from the Japanese Ministry as part of their Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research in Priority Areas "Biomechanics at Micro- and Nano-Scale Levels", presented a Keynote lecture at the Bioengineering Section of the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineering and visit 3 Bioengineering Departments in Universities in Japan in January 2006.
• Elected Member of World Council of Biomechanics, 2006

Publications & Presentations

• Edited 3 books and published more than 200 journal articles including international journals, reports and conference papers.

Professional Membership

• Member of Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Professional Activities

• International Conferences - Invited and Plenary Lectures (since 2003)
• Consulted for several companies in Healthcare Industry
• Member of Organising Committee (2001-) World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC2003) in Sydney, Australia, August 2003.
• Member of Member of IFMBE Special Interest Group in Cellular Engineering, 2002-present.
• Member of Subject Area Board C, University of London, 2000 - current.
• Chairman of Specialist Group in Materials and Minerals Engineering, University of London, 1995-present.
• QMW Research Board.
• Member of Federal Journal Committee of International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE).
• Member of UK EPSRC Research Panels on Medical and Health Engineering .
• Member of Medical Engineering Panel for Science Foundation of Ireland.
• Reviewed grant proposals from US, Canada, the Netherlands, Austria, Australia, Hong Kong.
• Examined PhD Theses from UK, the Netherlands, Finland, Malaysia, Australia
• Editorial Board Membership
• Journal of Physiotherapy (2004-)
• Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2001-08)
• Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering (1998-)
• Journal of Tissue Viability (1993-)
• Clinical Biomechanics (1989-2003)