Dr. Laurent Bozec is a full professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto and holds cross-appointments in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Before joining the University of Toronto in 2018, he served as the Vice-Dean of Research at the University College London Eastman Dental Institute in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on connective tissue disorders and collagen engineering, primarily using atomic force microscopy (AFM) in his lab, The Matrix Functionalization and Phenotyping Lab (MFP-Lab or Bozec-lab). He has supervised over 90 graduate students and collaborated with academics and industry partners on over 75 funded projects across the globe. He actively advocates for graduate students’ skill development and promotes fairness, transparency, and equity in funded research. Dr Bozec also works with the School of Graduate Studies as Dean’s Designate on matters related to Academic Conduct. Finally, Dr. Bozec participates in several Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives at the University of Toronto.