Professor Richard Hall resides in the School of Mechanical Engineering where he delivers research in the areas of medical engineering focused on the spine and hip particularly with a focus on pre-clinical in vitro assessments including wear simulation. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Leeds and was awarded a PhD from the University of Lancaster. He has had research funding from the EU (LifeLongJoints, SpineFX, Biotrib and Nu-Spine) as well as the UKRI and NIH in the USA. He has international collaborations with leading researchers including those at Uppsala, Sweden; ETH Zurich, Switzerland; TUHH, Germany and STU, Australia which have within them significant industrial clinical and partners.