Learn About:   Rationale for the Book   The Story   The Author   The Illustrator   The Series Fun Stuff Reviews What's New? Order!		Larry L. Hench, Ph.D., is currently Professor and Director of Special Projects at the UNiversity of Central Florida and Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona. He also served for 10 years as Professor of Ceramic Materials and Co-Director of the Imperial College London Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre and previously for 32 years as Graduate research Professor at The University of Florida. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. A world-renowned scientist, graduate of The Ohio State University, and Fellow of The American Ceramic Society- Hench's numerous achievements, honors, scholarly writings, and patents, over his 40-year career, span several fields; including: ceramics, glass and glass-ceramic materials, radiation damage, nuclear waste solidification, advanced optical materials, origins of life, ethics, technology transfer, and bioceramics applications and mechanisms. He is credited with the discovery of Bioglass®, the first man-made material to bond to living bone-helping millions of people; and he continues to discover new applications in bioceramics for this amazing material. Hench is currently working with students to find the genes that are activated by bioactive glasses and ceramics. Once found, he hopes to develop preventive treatments to stop deterioration of bones in people as they grow older. His children's books extend his love of teaching, and science and engineering to a new generation. Everything built into the stories is scientifically valid and could be done. The inspiration for these books comes from his nine grandchildren. Hench, an Ohio native, now divides his time between Fort Myers, Florida and Tucson, Arizona in the United States. Learn more about Larry in his Ceramic Bulletin profile.
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