Professor Williams has had 45 years' experience in the science of biomaterials, medical devices and tissue engineering. During his career he has published over 30 books and 400 papers; his latest book, Essential Biomaterials Science will be published by Cambridge University Press in June 2014. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Biomaterials, the world's leading journal in this field since 2000. He has received the major awards from the US, European and Indian Societies of Biomaterials including the Founders Award of the US Society for Biomaterials in 2007, and he received the prestigious Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal in 2012. In 1999 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his contributions to Engineering in Medicine. He is currently global President of the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).
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