Prof Justin Cooper-White is the Inaugural Director of ANFF-Qld. A global leader in using engineering to solve problems in biology, Justin is a Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Professor of Bioengineering within the School of Chemical Engineering, and Co-Director of UQ StemCARE, a strategic research centre focused on extending the healthspan of our ageing society. He is a past President of both the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and the Australian Society of Rheology and has previously served as an Associate Dean (Research) at The University of Queensland's Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology and CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive Science Leader.