W. Gregory Sawyer is Chief BioEngineering Officer and Chair of the Department of BioEngineering at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa Florida. Prof. Sawyer has published over 200 journal papers, has over 16,000 citations, holds over 20 patents, and is most proud of his numerous PhD students that are now faculty members and scientists across the globe. He was a member of the original Mars Rover Program (NASA-JPL), a speaker at TED 8, lead the first space-tribology experiments on the International Space Station (ISS), developed novel biomaterials for the ocular surface, and is currently leading efforts in Cancer Engineering