David L. Kaplan is the Stern family-endowed professor of engineering at Tufts University, a distinguished university professor, and professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He obtained his B.S. at the State University of New York, Albany, United States, in 1975 and his Ph.D. at Syracuse University and SUNY Syracuse, United States, in 1978. His research focus is on biopolymer engineering, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cellular agriculture. He has published over 1,000 peer-reviewed papers, he is editor-in-chief of ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, and he serves on many editorial boards and programs for journals and universities. He has received awards for his research and teaching and is an elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the National Academy of Engineering.