Professor Alister Hart has pioneered the use of 3D printing for hip surgery (www.complexhipsurgery.com), robotic surgery and the analysis of orthopaedic implants (www.lirc.co.uk).

His research on implant science has led to changes to international health policy; development of clinical guidance in the UK and abroad; changes to clinical practice and subsequent cost savings.

He has published this work in >200 papers (first or last author on >100) with 200 co-authors, including in the journal Nature. These papers have had >5000 citations and an h index of 39.

He has been Principal Investigator on 26 grant awards since 2006 with total funding of over £8 million from research councils (EPSRC and MRC), Innovate UK, Technology Strategy Board, NIHR, charities and industry.