Robert E. Dempski is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has been funded by the NIH to investigate the role of a human zinc transporter in childhood disease and pancreatic cancer. As co-director of the Intentional Design Studio, he has extensive experience in developing, implementing, and assessing mixed reality programs in the life science and engineering space for use in smartphones, tablets, and augmented reality headsets. This includes development of a HoloLens-based program in laboratory safety shown to be more effective than traditional lectures.