Guruprasad A. Giridharan received his B.Tech in chemical engineering from the University of Madras, India in 1998, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT in 2002. He joined the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Louisville in 2006. His current research foci include biomedical device development and testing, physiologic control systems, mechanical circulatory support for Fontan circulation, physiologic cell and tissue culture models, and myocardial recovery strategies. In the past 6 years, Dr. Giridharan has generated over $42 Million in research funding, which includes grant awards from the American Heart Association, NIH R01, NIH R15, and NIH SBIR programs. He has published over 120 peer reviewed manuscripts, 160 abstracts, 13 book chapters, and 52 patents and disclosures.