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Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D. became a director of the Company in March 2004. From 2002, Dr. Boyan has been a Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. During the same timeframe, Dr. Boyan has also held the Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Dr. Boyan has been Deputy Director for Research, Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues, Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1981 to 2002, Dr. Boyan was Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, where she also served as Director, Industry University Cooperative Research Center and Director, Center for the Enhancement of the Biology/Biomaterials Interface. Dr. Boyan is a founder of Osteobiologics, Inc. and a founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Orthonics, Inc., two companies that specialize in Orthopedics. Dr. Boyan is a consultant to several companies and institutes, including: EBI, LLP; Exactech, Inc.; Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation; Spinology, Inc.; Biomimetics; OrthoLogic Corporation; Chrysalis BioTechnology, Inc.; and Institut Straumann AG. These companies and institutes focus on a variety of biomedical technologies, including, among other things, bone graft substitutes, cartilage repair and electromagnetic fields, and dental implant materials. Dr. Boyan has also served on the board of directors of various charitable and non-profit organizations, and educational institutions, including the International Conferences on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissue, the International Conferences on the Growth Plate, the Dentistry Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Boyan also a member of the following committees of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: Women's Health Initiatives; Orthopedic Device Forum; and Biologic Implants. Dr. Boyan holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in biology from Rice University. | 