Guruprasad A. Giridharan received the B.Tech. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 1998, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, in 2002. He is currently the Associate Chair and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. His current research interests include biomedical device development and testing, physiologic control systems, Fontan circulatory support, physiologic cell culture models, and myocardial recovery strategies.