Associate Professor Vinicius Rosa, Vice Dean (Research) at the NUS Faculty of Dentistry, has received the 2021 IADR Stephen Bayne Mid-Career Award s from the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), a renowned organisation that seeks to drive dental, oral and craniofacial research for health and well-being worldwide.
A prolific inventor, Assoc Prof Rosa, who is also from NUS Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, works on developing atomically thin materials for biomedical applications. By blending his expertise in material sciences and biology, he created a niche of atom-thick materials for dentistry and orthopaedics, contributing significantly to the science and applications of materials research.
IADR Stephen Bayne Mid-Career Award The Stephen Bayne Mid-Career Award is given out annually by the Dental Materials Group of the IADR in recognition of members who have demonstrated significant contribution to the science and application of dental materials research by their mid‐career. Since its establishment in 1938, the IADR’s Dental Materials Group and its members have been responsible for most of the material developments and technologies used in clinical practice. Each year, only one awardee will be conferred this top honour, and Assoc Prof Rosa was selected as this year’s recipient.