He gained his PhD from the Department of Physics, University of Warwick, after which he joined Derwent Information, a leading patent attorney. Dr Gibbons returned to Warwick to join WMG in 1997 and has headed the AM group since 2001, providing excellence in research, teaching and knowledge transfer of AM and related technologies. Wide ranging research activities include: exploitation of current AM technologies in new applications and sectors; development of new materials, and development of next-generation AM technologies.