Douglas B. Weibel received his B.S. (Chemistry) degree from the University of Utah, a M.S. (Organic Chemistry) degree form Cornell University and then completed his Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) work with Jerrold Meinwald at Cornell University. Since 2002 he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with George M. Whitesides. Doug's research interests are in the area of organic chemistry and micro- and nano-fabricated materials to explore microbiology and cell biology.