Dr. Molly Stevens Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK

Molly Stevens is currently Reader in Regenerative Medicine and Nanotechnology in the Department of Materials and Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. She joined Imperial College in 2004 as a postdoctoral appointment from MIT. Prior to this she graduated from Bath University with a first class honours degree... read morein Pharmaceutical Sciences and was then awarded a PhD in biophysical investigations of specific biomolecular interactions and single biomolecule mechanics from the University of Nottingham. In 2005, she was awarded the prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering. She has also recently been recognised by the Technology Review's TR100 as someone who is transforming technology and the world with their work. Research within her group includes the directed differentiation of stem cells, the design of novel bioactive scaffolds and new approaches towards tissue regeneration.