William Bonfield

Professor
William Bonfield
CBE FRS FREng FMedSci
Professor of Medical Materials, University of Cambridge
In office
2000–2005
Personal details
Born (1937-03-06) 6 March 1937

William Bonfield (born 6 March 1937) is a British material scientist, and Emeritus Professor of Medical Materials in the University of Cambridge.[1]

Life

He earned a BSc with First Class Honours, and PhD at Imperial College, London. He was a senior research scientist at the Honeywell Research Center from 1961 to 1968. He taught at Queen Mary College, becoming the chairman of the school of engineering, and dean of engineering. He was director of the University of London Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Biomedical Materials.[2] In 1991 he was awarded the A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize.

He was professor of medical materials, at the University of Cambridge. He directed the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, and the Pfizer Institute of Pharmaceutical Materials Science.[3]

Honours and recognition

Bonfield was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003[4] and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010.[5]

References

  1. ↑ UK-China Research Academy of Bioactive Molecules and Materials Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Professor William Bonfield at RABBM
  2. ↑ Professor William Bonfield - Honorary Doctor of Faculty of Medicine
  3. ↑ Biography of William Bonfield
  4. ↑ "Professor William Bonfield CBE FMedSci FREng FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  5. ↑ "Professor William Bonfield". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
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