Steven Parker studied dentistry at University College Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK, and graduated in 1974. He is currently Honorary Professor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He successfully completed his Ph.D. in laser photonics and photobiomodulation at DMU in May 2023. He has been involved in the use of lasers in clinical dentistry since 1990. He is closely involved in the provision of education in laser use in dentistry. He served as President of the Academy of Laser Dentistry in 2005-2006. He was awarded Mastership of the Academy of Laser Dentistry in 2008. Awards gained with the Academy of Laser Dentistry have been the Leon Goldman award for excellence in clinical laser dentistry (1998) and the Distinguished Service Award (2010). Additionally he has received publication of over 80 peer-reviewed papers on the use of lasers in dentistry, including a series “The Use of Lasers in Dentistry” published in the British Dental Journal in 2007 and later as a textbook. He was the dental consultant to the UK Medical Health Regulatory Agency (Dept. of Health) in the 2008 publication "Guidance on the safe use of lasers, intense light source systems and LEDs in medical surgical dental and aesthetic practices”. He serves as associate-editor of the Journal of Lasers in Medical Science.