Awards
- MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award, Materials Research Society, 2022
- FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, 2021
- IET Achievement Medal for Biomedical Engineering, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020
- Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal, Elsevier, 2020
- Award in Colloid Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2020
- Honorary Doctorate, University of Bath, 2019
- John J. Ryan Distinguished Lecture Medal, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 2019
- Kabiller Young Investigator Award in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, Northwestern University, 2019
- Surfaces and Interfaces Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019
- Marshall R. Urist Award, Orthopaedics Research Socitey, 2018
- Medema Lecture Award, Polymer Technology Netherlands, 2018
- Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2018
- Harrison Medal, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 2017
- Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society for Biomaterials, 2016
- President's Award and Medal for Outstanding Research Team, Imperial College London, 2016
- Corday-Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014
- Research Group of the Year, European Life Science Awards, 2014
- Karen Burt Award, Women's Engineering Society, 2013
- Clifford Paterson Award Lecture, The Royal Society, 2012
- EU40 Award, European Materials Research Society, 2012
- Griffith (A A Griffith) Medal and Prize, IOM3, 2012
- CRS Young Investigator Award, Controlled Release Society, 2011
- Wain Medal, University of Kent, 2011
- IUPAC - Polymer International Award for Creativity in Polymer Science, IUPAC - Polymer International, 2010
- Norman Heatley Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010
- Rosenhain Medal and Prize, IOM3, 2010
- ACES Amgen Life Sciences Award, Science Business Innovation Board, 2009
- Jean Leray Award, European Society for Biomaterials, 2009
- Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Young Investigator Award, Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES), 2007
- Science Medal, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2006
- Philip Leverhulme Prize, Leverhulme Trust, 2005
- Rectors Award for Excellence, Imperial College London, 2005
- TR100 (Top 100 Young Innovators), Technology Review, 2004
- Ronald Belcher Memorial Lecture Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000
- Upjohn Award, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, 1996
- Janssen Prize, University of Bath, 1995
- Novo Nordisk Prize 2023, Novo Nordisk
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Fellow, IOM3
- Advisory Board Member, London Technology Network
- Member, Materials Research Society
- APSGB, Member of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- MRPharmS, Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of Royal Society's International Joint Projects Committee, Royal Society
- Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Council Member, United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials (UKSB)
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society, 2020
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2013
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Institute of Physics
- Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute, City and Guilds of London Institute
- Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Royal Society of Biology
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Editorial Boards
- Oxford Open Materials Science, OUP, Member of the Editorial Board, 2022
- Molecular Systems Biology, Advisory Board Member, 2021
- Materials Horizons, RSC
- Cell Stem Cell, Advisory Board Member, 2020
- APL Bioengineering, Editorial Advisory Board
- ACS Nano, Editor, 2011
- Journal of Controlled Release, Elsevier, Editorial Board Member
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Advanced Materials, Executive Advisory Board Member
- Biomaterials
- Polymer Chemistry, RSC
- Matter, Elsevier
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Editorial Board Member
- Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, Editorial Board Member
- JACS Au, Editorial Advisory Board
- Tissue Engineering, Executive Editorial Board
- Nanoscale, RSC, Editorial Board
- Journal of Materials Chemistry, RSC, Advisory Board