About Lyz Tanner

Kathleen Elizabeth Tanner (born 20 March 1957) is the Bonfield Professor of Biomedical Materials at Queen Mary University of London. Her research focusses on developing materials with particular biological and mechanical properties for use medicine, particularly those used for bone replacement. Tanner developed HAPEX, a bone mineral composite biomaterial, which was used in over half a million middle ear transplants in the 1990s.

Tanner also developed Scotland's first undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Glasgow, these degrees started in 2010.