Kyriakos Komvopoulos is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the founder and director of the Surface Sciences and Engineering Laboratory and the Computational Surface Mechanics Laboratory, and holds the positions of Faculty Scientist, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Principal Investigator, Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society; and Principal Investigator, The Berkeley Stem Cell Center. He is internationally known for pioneering research on surface nanosciences and nanoengineering, with important implications in several emerging technologies, including communications, microelectronics, information storage, and biotechnology. His current research is on theoretical/numerical nano/micro-scale contact mechanics, tribology, mechanics of ultrathin films, the characterization of single/multi-layer ultrathin films deposited by sputtering and filtered cathodic arcs, plasma-assisted surface modification of biopolymers for enhanced biocompatibility and cell activity, mechanotransduction effects at single-cell and tissue levels, scaffolds for tissue engineering, and flexible/stretchable bioelectronics.