I trained as a mechanical engineer at The University of Twente and received a PhD in Medical Sciences from Radboud University Nijmegen, both in the Netherlands. In 2001, I was appointed as lecturer at Keele, where I teach Biomechanics and Applied Statistics for Postgraduates.

My research focuses on skeletal tissue healing and orthopaedic procedures, and has led to a wide range of peer-reviewed publications. It is truly interdisciplinary research, in which I collaborate with clinicians, biologists, engineers, chemists and mathematicians. To do this research, I have attracted funding from Research Councils, charities and industry, most recently from the MRC. Much of the research takes place at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry.