Prof. Chan is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Prof. Chan received his PhD degree from Indiana University in 2001, and post-doctoral training at the University of California. He moved to Toronto in 2002 to lead the Integrated Nanotechnology/Biomedical Sciences Laboratory. Prof. Chan is an internationally recognized, leading researcher in the area of nanoengineering, where he is developing nanotechnology for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. He has received NSERC E. W. R. Memorial Steacie Fellowship, Kabiller Young Investigator Award in Nanomedicine, the BF Goodrich Young Inventors Award, Lord Rank Prize Fund award in Optoelectronics (England), and Dennis Gabor Award (Hungary). He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles and is currently an Associate Editor of ACS Nano.