{{Short description|British academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Serena Michelle Best''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FREng|CEng|FIMMM}}, is a British academic, and the Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/people/best |title=Serena Best | Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy |publisher=Msm.cam.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-06-29}}</ref>
Best has a BSc from the University of Surrey, and a PhD from the University of London.<ref name="auto"/> She was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows?q=best|title=List of Fellows - Best|website=Royal Academy of Engineering|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055411/https://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows?q=best|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 2017 Birthday Honours, Best was made a CBE, "For services to Biomaterials Engineering."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-06-16/cambridge-scientists-among-those-honoured-by-queen/ |title=Cambridge scientists among those honoured by Queen | Anglia - ITV News |publisher=Itv.com |date=2017-06-16 |accessdate=2017-06-28}}</ref>
Best was President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iom3.org/news/2018/dec/17/iom3-welcomes-new-president-professor-serena-best-cbe-freng-ceng-fimmm|title=IOM3 welcomes new President Professor Serena Best CBE FREng CEng FIMMM|website=Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining|accessdate=2019-01-02}}</ref>
==Selected publications== *Araujo JV, Davidenko N, Danner M, Cameron RE, Best SM: Novel Porous scaffolds of pH Responsive Chitosan/Carrageenan-based Polyelectrolyte Complexes for Tissue Engineering. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2014 Feb 14. *Pawelec KM, Husmann A, Best SM, Cameron RE: Understanding anisotropy and architecture in ice-templated biopolymer scaffolds. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2014 Apr 1;37:141-7. *Pawelec KM, Husmann A, Best SM, Cameron RE: A design protocol for tailoring ice-templated scaffold structure. J R Soc Interface. 2014 Jan 8;11(92):20130958. *Shepherd JH, Ghose S, Kew SJ, Moavenian A, Best SM, Cameron RE: Effect of fiber crosslinking on collagen-fiber reinforced collagen-chondroitin-6-sulfate materials for regenerating load-bearing soft tissues. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2013 Jan;101(1):176-84. *Kew SJ, Gwynne JH, Enea D, Brookes R, Rushton N, Best SM, Cameron RE: Synthetic collagen fascicles for the regeneration of tendon tissue. Acta Biomater. 2012 Oct;8(10):3723-31. *Grover CN, Gwynne JH, Pugh N, Hamaia S, Farndale RW, Best SM, Cameron RE: Crosslinking and composition influence the surface properties, mechanical stiffness and cell reactivity of collagen-based films. Acta Biomater. 2012 Aug;8(8):3080-90. *Grover CN, Farndale RW, Best SM, Cameron RE: The interplay between physical and chemical properties of protein films affects their bioactivity. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Sep;100(9):2401-11. *Grover CN, Cameron RE, Best SM: Investigating the morphological, mechanical and degradation properties of scaffolds comprising collagen, gelatin and elastin for use in soft tissue engineering. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2012 Jun;10:62-74.
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==External links== *[https://www.raeng.org.uk/policy/diversity-in-engineering/diversity-and-inclusion-at-the-academy/celebrating-leading-women-in-engineering/serena-best Celebrating leading women in engineering: Professor Serena Best]
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