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Dr Ian Thompson
Research Fellow and Biomaterials Scientist, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Guy's Hospital, Kings College London
Dr. Ian Thompson is a Research Fellow in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, at Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London and is Principal Investigator with Paddy Hartley on the ‘Face Corsets and Bioactive Glass Facial Implants Project’ funded by a Wellcome Trust People Award. He is also the Projects Manager for the Tissue Engineering Group in the Department of Materials, Imperial College, London. Ian has been responsible for the development of bioactive glass materials for tissue engineering and the repair of skeletal deformity for over seven years and has recently been working on a multi million Dollar project to produce a ‘living’ detector to determine the presence of toxic agents in public places. Ian’s latest clinical activities have been to produce orbital floor replacements for patients who have experienced some form of trauma or disease.
