Antoine Ferreira received his MS and Ph.D. in electrical and mechanical engineering from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. In 1997, he was a Visiting Researcher at the ElectroTechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan. He is currently a professor of robotics engineering with Laboratoire PRISME, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Centre Val de Loire, campus Bourges, France. His main research interests are focused on the design, modeling and control of micro and nanorobotic systems using active materials, micro-nanomanipulation systems, biological nanosystems and bio-nanorobotics. He has authored four books on micro- and nanorobotics and more than 300 journal and conference papers, as well as book contributions. He is on the editorial board for numerous journals, including Robotics and Automation Letters, Journal of Medical Robotics Research, Current Robotics Report and Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics.