Dr. Jingwei Xie received his B.S. (1999) and M.S. (2002) from Nanjing University of Technology, China, and his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (2007). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Xia group at Washington University in St. Louis (2007‐2010). He is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery-Transplant and Holland Regenerative Medicine Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He has won several prestigious awards including Most Promising New Invention Award at UNMC (2017), Maurer Scientific Achievement Award (2019), CAB Mid-Career Investigator Award (2020), Distinguished Scientist Award at UNMC (2021), and Innovator of the Year (2024) at UNMC. He was selected as AIMBE Fellow in 2024. His research interests include biomaterials, drug delivery, wound healing, hemostasis, tissue/disease modeling, and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Kunal Mitra is currently a tenured Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Florida Tech. One of his research is focused on the development of 3D bioprinted cerebrovascular and cardiovascular tissue models and using microfluidic based organ-on-a-chip system for disease modeling and aging research related to Space and Earth-based applications. His other research focus is using AI and Deep Learning (DL) models for physiological monitoring and risk classifications for traumatic brain injury and cancer patients. He earned his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India in 1991. He then earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering in 1993 and 1996 respectively. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), and Senior Member of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). He serves on the Board of Florida Photonics Cluster and Healthspan Action Coalition. He is Florida Tech Site PI for US NSF supported Center for Science, Technology, and Advanced Research in Space (C-STARS). He is also Associate Editor of four journal in the areas of medical device, and tissue engineering. He has published more than 150 peer reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings.