Abdul Samad Khan has successfully completed his PhD on "A Novel Bioactive Nano-Composite: Synthesis and Characterisation with Potential Use as Dental Restorative Material". His work was supervised by Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman and Dr Ferranti Wong. Abdul’s project was based on chemical coupling between nano-apatites and polyurethane and was comprehensively characterised using contemporary analytical techniques. Abdul has capably defended his thesis and presented his work clearly to the examiners. Abdul handled questions very well, demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of the material he has produced and according to examiners the novel material has potential range of application and this work adds to the existing knowledge in the field of dentistry. This is supported by the fact that this work has been extensively presented at 8 international conferences and has already published 2 papers and submitted 2 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.