Peter W. Jurutka is a Professor in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Arizona State University. He is also a Professor of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, where he is a Founding Faculty member. An active member of several scientific research societies, Dr. Jurutka’s laboratory provides students with research opportunities that have led to over 200 published scholarly abstracts and papers co-authored by his ASU students and focused on such topics as the fight against cancer, dementia, GI disorders, and post-menopausal osteoporosis. He has received a number of prestigious honors, including the Norwich-Eaton Young Investigator Research Award for significant contributions to the field of bone and mineral research, the John Haddad Young Investigator Award, and the ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Mentoring.