EM/ProfBruce Milthorpe

Professor Bruce Milthorpe joined UTS as Dean of Science in November 2008. Previously he was professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales. From February 2006 to August 2007, he was the Deputy President (Academic) of UNSW Asia.Prior to his time with UNSW Asia, he was Head of School of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW, from 1998 until March 2006.

He has a background as a biochemist and biomaterials scientist with 20 years experience in biomaterials development and assessment, as well as interests in tissue engineering and cytometry. His research experience is in biomaterials, orthopaedic graft materials for reconstruction, hydroxyapatite ceramic composites, biomaterial interactions with bone, quantitative cytometry, polymer material interactions with proteins, and the use of cell culture and in vivo models for assessment of cellular and tissue interactions with materials. Recently he has been involved in developing an adult stem cell model in rabbits for bone and cartilage tissue engineering.
Professor Milthorpe has been an advisor to the Therapeutic Devices Evaluation Committee and the Therapeutic Goods Committee.

He is Chair of Culture at Work and a director of the Sydney Institute for Marine Science. He has been a member of the international editorial board of Biomaterials, and is now on the editorial board of two new journals in the field, as well as having served as an executive member of several research societies. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles and more than 120 conference presentations. Since 2000 he has been a chief investigator on biomedical research projects and grants with total funding in excess of $2.7 million. He has been named on three patents in the area of medical devices.