Dr. Luigi Nibali

Biography

Professor Luigi Nibali trained in dentistry at the University of Catania, Italy, and completed an MSc and PhD in Periodontology at UCL Eastman Dental Institute (EDI). His PhD topic focused on the genetics of aggressive periodontitis. In 2016, he began working part-time at the Centre for Immunobiology & Regenerative Medicine at Queen Mary University (QMUL) as a Senior Lecturer and Reader, while continuing private practice limited to periodontology and implant dentistry. Nibali is on the UK GDC Specialist list for Periodontics since 2007 and has published extensively in periodontal medical journals, receiving several prestigious research prizes, including the Fish Prize from the British Society of Periodontology and the Socransky Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). He is a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Dental Research and the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. His research primarily focuses on minimally-invasive periodontal treatments and the genetics and microbial risk factors associated with periodontitis and periodontal medicine. In June 2019, he joined King's College London as the Academic Lead and Director of the Postgraduate Periodontology program and was appointed Head of the Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions in 2023.

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