His research is based on developing micro- and nanoscale technologies to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing microscale engineering systems for tissue engineering. He has published 1 edited book, 65+ peer reviewed papers, 19 book chapters, and 14 issued or pending patents. Dr. Khademhosseini's research efforts have earned him numerous awards. He has received the Technology Review Magazine "TR35 -Top Young Innovator" award (2007), the BMW Group Scientific Award (2007), the American Chemical Society Victor K. LaMer Award (2008), and the IEEE-EMBS Early Career award. He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from MIT (2005). Peter Hunter (University of Auckland, New Zealand)