Rashid Bashir is Professor of Bioengineering, the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering, and is currently the 15th Dean of Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, he was on the founding team of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago. He is fellow of IEEE, BMES, AIMBE, AAAS, IAMBE, APS, and RSC. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Inventors. His research interests are in micro-fluidics and nanotechnology based diagnostic technologies for precision and personalized medicine, and 3D bio-fabrication of multi-cellular engineered living systems for biological soft robotics. He is academic co-founder of Prenosis and VedaBio.