Materials Science and Metallurgy
22 June 2026
Professor Serena Best CBE FREng has received the 2019 Armourers and Brasiers’ Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for successfully using biomaterials to replace and help to regenerate human tissue. Her research has focused on ways to enable the body to repair itself, by encouraging cells to assist in the regeneration process, going further than more established biomaterials that are used only for repair. The innovative materials science ideas and developments have resulted in practical, clinical products that have profoundly benefitted patients worldwide.
Photo courtesy of the Royal Academy of Engineering: Professor Serena Best CBE FREng receiving the Armourers and Brasiers’ Award from Royal Academy of Engineering President Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE.
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