Professor Ellakwa is the head of restorative dentistry at Sydney dental school, the University of Sydney. Professor Ellakwa has broad experience in both teaching and research. He is a member of IADR, royal Australiancollege of dental surgeons and international college of dentists. Professor Ellakwa published extensively in the field of restorative dentistry in both national and international journals. Professor Ellakwa has provided consistently outstanding service in prosthodontics by being a leader at the faculty of dentistry, the university of Sydney, and referee for scholarly journals, reviewer for international and national funding bodies, and an organizer ofinternational, national and state-based conferences. Professor Ellakwa teaching philosophy centers on research-led and research-enhanced teaching to achieve genuine understanding and spark students’ interest in prosthodontics and dental materials.

• Assessing the polymerization shrinkage generated after incremental dental composite placement versus bulk composite filling. • Using acoustic emission technique in assessing the stresses generated within the tooth after dental composite placement and curing. • Development of new short fibre reinforced dental composite. • The use of CAD/CAM technology with the construction of complete and partial dentures. • The accuracy of new digital intra oral impression techniques in restorative dentistry • Assessing the crack propagation within the new full zirconia dental crowns.