John Nicholson is Professor of Biomaterials Chemistry at the University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, UK, a position he has held since 2002. He holds BSc and PhD degrees in chemistry, and has had a varied career that has included spells in industry, the Scientific Civil Service, and academia. He is an applied polymer chemist whose research focuses on biocompatible polymeric materials for use in medicine and dentistry, and between 1995 and 2002 he worked in the Dental Institute of Kinga (TM)s College London. He has published some 140 original scientific papers, four books, and is on the editoria...