Sandro Matosevic obtained his PhD in biochemical engineering from University College London (UCL) in London, UK, and his MEng from UCL and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is currently a research associate at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida where his work is at the interface of synthetic biology, biophysics, bioengineering, and microfluidics. He is interested in new technologies for the synthesis of artificial cell constructs, which will one day lead to the total synthesis of an artificial cell, and the chemistry and engineering that can be done to them. He has worked at GlaxoSmithKline and as a research scientist at RPI. He lives in West Palm Beach and, apart from the good weather, he enjoys good vegetarian food and good movies.