Pasi Kallio received a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and D.Tech. degree in Automation Engineering from Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, in 1994 and 2002, respectively. Since 2008, he has been a professor of biomedical micro- and nanodevices with Tampere University (formerly Tampere University of Technology), where he is currently Head of the Micro- and Nanosystems Research Group. His current research interests include microfluidics, microsensors, microrobotics, and their automation in olfactory displays, organ-on-chip devices, and fibrous material testing. He was a recipient of the Finnish Automation Society Award in 2009 and he has co-founded three start-up companies.