Padhraig Fleming is Chair and Professor of Orthodontics at Trinity College Dublin,. He was formerly Professor at Queen Mary University of London. He was awarded his MSc with Distinction in 2007, Membership in Orthodontics and British Orthodontic Society Medal in 2008, FDS (Orth) in 2010 and PhD in 2013. He is Associate Editor of numerous orthodontic and dental jouranls, and has co-authored four clinical textbooks and over 170 peer-reviewed papers. He has received numerous research prizes including the Dewel Award from the AAO in 2011 and 2020, and the Chapman Prize from the British Orthodontic Society in 2013 and 2020.