Jeffrey R. Capadona received the B.S. degree in chemistry from Saint Joseph’s College, IN, USA, in 2000. In 2005, Dr. Capadona completed his Ph.D. thesis at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Capadona immediately began his career with the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Research Health Scientist. Since joining the VA, Dr. Capadona has received an Associate Investigator Award, a Career Development Award II, and is currently the PI or Co-PI of three Rehabilitation R&D Merit Reviews (VA equivalent to an R01). In August 2010, Dr. Capadona began a tenure track appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Capadona has co-authored two patents, two book chapters, 100 scientific abstracts, and over 35 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, including one in Science and another that received the cover of Nature Nanotechnology. Dr. Capadona’s recent awards include the Case School of Engineering Faculty Research Award, multiple graduate student mentoring awards, and the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).