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Professional Activities

I actively support and contribute to external engagement to all ages via an array of public engagement activities. These include presenting the annual LivWISE Christmas Lecture , engaging in "Science Weeks" in primary school and judging secondary school STEM projects at the annual Big Bang event.
I am the secretary for the UK Society for Biomaterials and actively promote Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering/Material Science research activities through the society.

Conference Roles

  • Invited Speaker at the Special Interest RSC Biomaterials Conference, Ulster, by Invitation (Royal Society, 2017)
  • Invited Speaker at Mercia Stem Cell Alliance Conference , by Invitation (MSCA, 2016)
  • Invitation to speak at Sheffield University, by Invitation (Dr Alison Gartland, 2010)
  • Invitation to speak to GLORI (Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Institute), by Invitation (GLORI founder Dr Matt Dalby, 2010)

Editorships

  • Osteoarthritis and cartilage (Peer review, 2011 - present)
  • Analyst (Peer review, 2011 - present)
  • Acta Biomaterialia (Reviewer,, 2008 - present)
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Peer reviewer, 2008 - present)
  • Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine (Peer reviewer, 2007 - present)
  • Biomaterials (Peer reviewer, 2003 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Manchester, MPhil (2016)
  • University of Southampton, PhD (2015)
  • University of Glasgow, PhD (2015)
  • Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2014)

Professional Body Memberships

  • UK Society for Biomaterials (Secretary, 2010 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • School of Engineering Research Strategy Group
  • Coordinator for the School of Engineering Research Seminars
  • Programme Director for Advanced Engineering Materials MSc