John T. W. Yeow received a B.A.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering and M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. He is currently a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. His current research interests are in the field of developing miniaturized biomedical instruments. He is a recipient of the Professional Engineering Ontario Engineering Excellence Award, Natural Science & Engineering Research Canada Innovation Challenge Award, Douglas R. Colton’s Medal of Research Excellence, Micralyne Microsystems Design Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation’s Early Researcher Award, and University of Toronto Alumni Association 7T6 Early Career Award. He is a Canada Research Chair in Micro/Nanodevices. He is the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine and an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions of Nanotechnology. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada and a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. He is also a 2017/2018 IEEE Nanotechnology Technical Council Distinguished Lecturer.