Racing for the Surface: Antimicrobial and Interface Tissue Engineering - Hardcover

T Fintan Moriarty is group leader of the Musculoskeletal Infection laboratory at the AO Research Institute Davos in Davos Switzerland. The AO Foundation is a medically guided, not-for-profit organization led by an international group of surgeons specialized in the treatment of trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. He is a guest lecturer at the ETH Zurich and Bern University of Applied Sciences lecturing on biomaterial associated infection and musculoskeletal infection. He is scientific editor for the European cells and material (eCM) journal, a highly ranked journal within the biomaterials and orthopedic fields, and organizer of the eCM conference on orthopedic infection. His research focuses on device-related biofilm infections, with a specific focus on fracture related infection. He has previously published a book on biomaterial associated infection and over 70 peer reviewed articles.
Thomas Webster is the Chemical Engineering Department Char and Art Zafiropoulo Endowed Chair at Northeastern University. Prof. Webster has graduated 144 students. His lab group published 9 textbooks, 48 book chapters, 403 articles, and 32 provisional/full patents. Prof. Webster has received numerous honors: 2012, Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; 2013, Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society; 2015, Wenzhou 580 Award; 2015, Zheijang 1000 Talent Program; 2016, IMRC Chinese Academy of Science Lee-Hsun Lecture Award; 2016, Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering; and 2016, Acta Biomaterialia Silver Award. He also frequently appears on the BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and many other news outlets talking about science.