Richard Superfine, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC-CH, received his B. S. in physics from Lehigh University before working at AT&T Bell Laboratories for three years. He studied nonlinear optics for Ph. D. thesis at University of California at Berkeley, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. His research includes the study of nanoscale phenomena in nanodevices, biological forces, biofluids and the systems biology of lung defense. In the area of instrumentation development, his research includes the development and application of advanced microscopy manipulation techniques and systems to biomedicine and nanotechnology. He is the principal investigator of the UNC NIH resource for Computer Integrated Systems for Manipulation and Microscopy (CISMM.org) which develops tools for biomedical sciences. One microscopy system, the nanoManipulator, has been commercialized and has won an R&D 100 award (2001). He has served on numerous review panels for the NIH, DOD, DOE and National Science Foundation. He has received the Macres Award from the Microbeam Analytical Society, the Hettelman Prize for excellence in scholarship from UNC-CH, and for distinguished undergraduate teaching at UNC-CH , the Johnson Award and the Bowman and Gordon Gray Professorship.