Evangelyn C. Alocilja received her B.S. in Chemistry from Silliman University, Philippines; M.S. in Soil Chemistry and Plant Physiology from the University of the Philippines Los Banos; and M.S. and Ph.D. in Systems Science and Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. She is a Professor with Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Michigan State University. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and founder of the Global Alliance of Rapid Diagnostics (GARD). She also serves as the program director of the Nano-Biosensors Lab at MSU, and an effective teacher having won two awards in teaching: the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Award for Excellence in Teaching Materials and Methods in Biological and Agricultural Engineering and a 1995 Withrow Teaching Excellence Award from MSU. Her research interests include the development of field-operable nanotechnology-based biosensors for global health, homeland security, food and water safety, and product integrity in resource-limited settings.