Savas Tasoglu received his Ph.D. degree in 2011 from UC Berkeley and held a postdoctoral appointment at Harvard Medical School. His research interests are at the interfaces of complex microfluidics, transport phenomena, and biomaterials with applications in biomedicine and biotechnology. He has received several awards, including a Marie Curie Fellowship, American Heart Association Scientist Development Award, NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (declined), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, and the Wolff New Venture Competition Award.