Paul Cooper is Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Paul was appointed the John Arnaud Bell Professor of Oral Biology in 2019 at the University of Otago and previously, he worked at the School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, UK (2000-2019), where he was the Director of Research and Deputy Head of School. Paul has published over 180 full peer-reviewed papers in several areas of dental research with particular interest in pulp biology. In 2010, Paul was awarded the IADR Distinguished Scientist Young Investigator Award. He is currently the President of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of IADR and has also served as the Mineralized Tissue Group (MINTIG) Chair for the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) and as a counselor on the BSODR Management Committee.