Professor Liam Grover

Liam Grover is Professor in Biomaterials Science at the University of Birmingham and the Founder-Director of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, which works to help move novel technologies through the translational pipeline.

He is expert in the interactions that occur between materials and biological environments, investigating how materials influence biology and vice-versa. He has developed innovative methods that allow for the structuring of ceramic and polymeric materials to significantly change their mechanical and release properties.

He has published widely on the development of new materials to replace the function of tissues and has filed more than twenty patents to protect technologies that range from osteogenic cements through to scar reducing dressings. Since starting his career, he has moved four technologies from concept through to clinical trial.

He was recently elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his work in understanding the interfaces between materials and biological systems.

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