David Knight

David Knight is an experienced silk scientist who has operated at the interface of biomaterial research and orthopaedic medicine. Together with Professor Fritz Vollrath at Oxford University he developed the technology which underlies the FibroFix™ biomaterial platform. David studied at the University of Cambridge and has been head of department, reader and visiting professor at several European universities. He is an elected member of the British Orthopaedic Society with several hundred publications in the field of biomaterials, especially silk and collagen, and has authored 25 patents. He is co-founder and Scientific Director of Oxford Biomaterials Ltd, and also serves as a Director of Neurotex Ltd.