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Mohan Edirisinghe holds the Bonfield Chair in Biomaterials at University College London (UCL) and has been a professor in the University of London for over 20 years. Previously, he served as a Professor of Materials at Queen Mary University of London. He actively engages in research focused on advanced materials processing and manufacturing, with a publication record of over 600 journal papers and an H-index of 73, accumulating around 19,000 citations as of December 2023. His contributions include leading over 250 researchers, graduating 100 doctoral students, and obtaining grants worth £25 million, primarily through UK Research Council funding. Edirisinghe has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including three Royal Society Brian Mercer Innovation Feasibility Awards and the Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasier's prize for excellence in Materials Engineering. He was appointed OBE in 2021 for services to Biomedical Engineering and continues to push the boundaries of functional applications in healthcare through groundbreaking research in materials science.