Professor David Wood

Profile

I am currently undertaking my second stint as Head of Oral Biology (2024-) and concurrently am Professor of Dental Materials (2004-), Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Theme Lead (2008-) and School Impact Lead (2015-).

I have had various other roles at School, Faculty and University level, including:

School: I was the School of Dentistry's Director of Research and Innovation (2015-2022); Deputy (2012-2014)  and Chair (2014-2021) of the Dental Reseach Ethics Committee. Director of Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer (2009-2011)

Faculty: Faculty International Lead, Faculty of Medicine and Health (2011-2014)     

University: Member of the International Group and Academic Lead for the Japan Regional Working Group, University of Leeds (2011-2014)

My first academic appointment was at King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry (1992-1995) before coming to Leeds as a junior lecturer in 1995.I gained BSc Honours (2i) Materials Science from Thames Polytechnic in 1988 and a PhD in Biomaterials Science from the University of Greenwich in 1993, under a CASE Award from the Laboratory of the Government Chemist working on a project taking a glass-ceramic approach to controlling the properties of glass ionomer cements.

Responsibilities

• Head of Oral Biology
• Head of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Theme
• Impact Lead

Research interests

Research areas are in the broad areas of:

Natural polymer hydrogels and fibrous materials for medical and dental applications, including wound dressings, guided bone regeneration membranes and 'smart' vehicles for diagnosis and treatment

Glass-ceramics and polymeric materials as bioactive porous scaffolds for hard tissue repair and regeneration

Selected areas in Dental Materials, including the characterisation of conventional and translucent zirconia and zirconia materials, the development and characterisation of novel dental composites, and characterisation of materials for endodontics. This is coupled with an interest in materials and processes in the digital workflow.

I am Academic Co- Founder Mimetrik Ltd (2022-).; Academic Co-Founder/Director HYFACOL Ltd. (2024-)

Qualifications

• PhD in Biomaterials Science
• BSc Hons (2.1) Materials Science

Professional memberships

• IADR

Student education

I teach in the broad area of dental materials at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Research groups and institutes

• Biomaterials and tissue engineering

Projects

<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2090-development-of-digital-workflows-for-the-management-of-severe-erosive-toothwear">Development of digital workflows for the management of severe erosive toothwear</a></li>