My research is focused on understanding how materials interact within biological environments, in order to create "better" biomaterials; materials that have reduced failure rates and have increased functionality (e.g. promote regeneration). Current areas of research include:

1. Nanomedicine. Understanding how nanoparticle physicochemical properties change biological interactions in different biological environments. 

2. Bone and cartilage tissue engineering. Over 20 high impact publication including Nature Materials.

3. Bioactive glass: Understanding how ions released from bioactive glasses affect bone formation and remodelling, to creating new bioactive glasses with therapeutic ion release

4. Materials for Diabetic and Chronic wound healing.

5. The role of hypoxia and HIF in tissue regeneration and cell survival. 

6. Understanding why biomaterials fail

I’ve published ~50 papers on these topics in leading international journals (e.g. Nature Materials) with an average citation/article of 28.  My success has been recognised globally with international research collaborations (I was appointed Associate Prof. Biomaterials at Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT) in 2015),  invited talks/keynote at international and recently hosted & chaired the British society of Nanomedicine Annual conference in 2018. My views on medical research have been solicited and reported in national newspapers/broadcasters (e.g. Daily Mail, Crowd science).