Organising Committee

Professor Lucy Di Silvio
WBC 2020 Co-chair
Lucy Di Silvio is Professor of Tissue Engineering and Head of the Tissue Engineering and Biophotonics Division, Dental Institute, King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital. She was President of the United Kingdom Society of Biomaterials (UKSB, 2008-2011) and Secretary of the European Society of Biomaterials (ESB, 2010-2015).

Professor Nicholas Dunne
WBC 2020 Treasurer
Professor Nicholas Dunne is the Chair of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University. He is also a Visiting Research Professor of Biomaterials Engineering in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University of Belfast. He was President of Northern Ireland Bioengineering Society (2008-2015), Spokesperson of the Young Scientist Fora of the European Society of Biomaterials (2010-2014) and UK Society of Biomaterials (2011-2015).

Professor Elizabeth Tanner
WBC 2020 Co-Chair
Elizabeth (Liz) Tanner OBE is Professor of Biomedical Materials at the University of Glasgow. She was President of the United Kingdom Society of Biomaterials (UKSB, 2000) and Secretary of the European Society of Biomaterials (ESB, 2005-2009) and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) and Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE).
The Local Organising Committee
Committee Member | Affiliation |
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Morgan Alexander | Nottingham |
Catherine Berry | Glasgow |
Serena Best | Cambridge |
Manus Biggs | NUI Galway |
Richard Black | Strathclyde |
Adrian Boyd | Ulster |
Martin Browne | Southampton |
Fraser Buchanan | Queen's Belfast |
Conor Buckley | TCD Dublin |
Darren Burke | MTS |
Ruth Cameron | Cambridge |
Sarah Cartmell | Manchester |
Owen Clarkin | Dublin City University |
Sofie Cox | Birmingham |
Jude Curran | Liverpool |
Matt Dalby | Glasgow |
Sanjukta Deb | KCL London |
Eamon DeBarra | Limerick |
Ryan Donnelly | Queen's Belfast |
Garry Duffy | NUI Galway |
Mohan Edrinsinghe | UCL London |
Alicia ElHaj | Keele |
Sam Evans | Cardiff |
David Fitzpatrick | UCD Dublin |
Eileen Gentleman | KCL London |
Theoni Georgiou | Imperial London |
Iain Gibson | Aberdeen |
Julie Gough | Manchester |
Helen Grant | Strathclyde |
Liam Grover | Birmingham |
Andrew Hamilton | Queen's Belfast |
Russ Harris | Leeds |
Paul Hatton | Sheffield |
John Haycock | Sheffield |
Karin Hing | QMUL London |
David Hoey | TCD Dublin |
Jie Huang | UCL London |
John Hunt | Nottingham Trent |
Julian Jones | Imperial London |
Cathal Kearney | RCSI Dublin |
Danny Kelly | TCD Dublin |
Jonathan Knowles | UCL London |
Tanya Levingstone | Dublin City University |
Helen McCarthy | Queen's Belfast |
Gareth McGuiness | Dublin City University |
Laoise McNamara | NUI Galway |
Alvaro Mata | QMUL London |
Brian Meenan | Ulster |
Eoin O'Cearbhaill | UCD Dublin |
Richard Oreffo | Southampton |
Michelle Oyen | Cambridge |
Mangala Patel | QMUL London |
Elise Pegg | Bath |
Itesham Rehman | Sheffield |
Mathis Rhiele | Glasgow |
Paul Roach | Loughborough |
Tracy Robson | RCSI Dublin |
Vahid Sahid | Plymouth |
Manuel Salmeron Sanchez | Glasgow |
Colin Scotchford | Nottingham |
Eleanor Stride | Oxford |
Bo Su | Bristol |
Ian Thompson | KCL London |
Ruth Wilcox | Leeds |
Rachel Williams | Liverpool |
David Woods | Leeds |
Anne Young | UCL London |