Prof. Fergal J. O’Brien is a Professor of Bioengineering & Regenerative Medicine, the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, and the Head of the Tissue Engineering Research Group at RCSI. Following a degree in mechanical engineering and a PhD in bone mechanobiology, he was a Fulbright Scholar in tissue engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School. He is a recipient of three prestigious European Research Council Awards (Starting Grant, Proof-of-concept, and an ongoing €3 million Advanced Grant). Other accolades include a Fulbright Scholarship (2001), New Investigator Recognition Award by the Orthopaedic Research Society (2002), Science Foundation Ireland, President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (2004), Anatomical Society New Fellow of the Year (2014), and Fellowship of both Engineers Ireland (2013) and the European Alliance for Medical & Biological Engineering Science (2016). In 2018, he was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). He was included on the updated list of the world’s top 2% most widely cited scientists published by Stanford University in 2022. In 2023, he was the recipient of the Marshall R Urist, MS award for sustained contribution to the field of regenerative medicine in relation to the musculoskeletal system, as well as being awarded the Fellowship of the Irish Academy of Engineering.