Dr. Sheila Grant received her Ph.D. in materials engineering from Iowa State University. After graduation, she worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. She is currently a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Missouri and manages three accelerators funded by the NIH REACH, NSF ART, and BARDA DRIVe agencies to assist researchers in translating their promising technologies. Her research has been supported by the NSF, NIH, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and USDA as well as private industries. She has published over 100 papers and has numerous patents. Dr. Grant has created several high-tech ventures including G5 Biological Innovations, LLC, which currently has an NIH Phase 1 STTR. Her research interests include the development of nanostructured biocomposites for enhanced tissue integration and the development of novel sensing mechanisms and sensing platforms. Dr. Grant is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.