Ketul C. Popat is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering/School of Biomedical Engineering at Colorado State University. Prior to that, he was working as a Research Specialist in the Department of Physiology at the University of California. He has authored or co-authored 187 publications with 7937 citations and an h-index of 45 (Scopus, 7 October 2023). He has also presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. He currently directs the Biomaterials Surface Micro/Nano-engineering Laboratory (BSμηL) which currently includes three PhD students, two MS students, four BS students, and four international visiting students/faculty.