Honorary and Notable Members

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Honarary Member: John Sorensen

John Sorensen DMD PhD FACP is Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry; Director, Biomimetics Biomaterials Biophotonics Biomechanics & Technology Laboratory; Director of Research, Graduate Prosthodontics Program at the University of Washington. The B4T team is actively engaged in materials science investigation, developing new diagnostic and analysis tools, R&D of digital workflows […]

Mathias Kern (1958 – 2025)

Dr. Kern graduated in 1985 with a degree in Dentistry from the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany. He began his academic journey as Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at Freiburg, serving from 1985–1991 and again from 1994–1997. Between 1992 and 1993, he was a Visiting Research Associate Professor […]

Honorary Member: Richard Simonsen

Richard J. Simonsen DDS, MS, Assistant Dean, College of Dental Medicine, California Northstate University. Prof. Simonson was awarded IAAD honorary membership in 2017 meeting. Prior to joining California Northstate, he was the Dean of the University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and before that, the founding Dean at Midwestern […]

Honorary Member: Junji Tagami

Junji Tagami DDS PhD is Professor and Chair of Cariology and Operative Dentistry department and Vice President of Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Prof. Tagam was awarded the honorary membership of the IAAD in 2017. He is a well-known figure across the world of adhesive dentistry. His research on dentin characterization, mechanism and […]

Honorary Member: David Pashley

Prof. David Pashley, BS, DMD, PHD, Regents’ Professor of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA Prof. Pashley was awarded the IAAD Honorary Member in 2019 meeting. Dr. David Pashley attended the University of Portland where he graduated with a BS in General Science. He […]