VITALY VODYANOY, Professor of Physiology, Auburn University, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849. Agrophysical Research Institute, Leningrad, USSR, Biophysics, Ph.D., 1973. Work experience includes faculty positions at the A.F. Ioffe Physicotechnical University, USSR, New York University, University of California, Irvine, and Auburn University. Research interest: Primo vascular system, light microscopy, sensory physiology, receptors, biosensors, cell membranes, chemically-gated ion channels, transport models, monolayers and bilayers, molecular recognition, olfactory receptor neurons, nanoparticles, biopolymers, bacteriophages, and probiotics. More than 130 refereed publications, 62 Patents, Distinguished Fellow Medal by the National Academy of Inventors, 2014; Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2013, 2000 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, 2006 R&D 100, 2007 R&D 100 Awards, 2007 Nano 50 Award, 2008 Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Award. Excellence in Innovation Award by the National Academy of Inventors, 2013; Auburn University Alumni Professor, 2007.