Michael Delay, PhD has a background in experimental particle physics with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His subsequent work involved novel optical methods in biophysics research on cells and tissues at UCLA and the University of Calgary. He transitioned to Axon Instruments, where he was involved in developing new optics-based tools for cell biology research, and is at present with IDEX Health & Science | Semrock as a Senior Application Scientist. He continues to collaborate with researchers on topics in biology and is fascinated by the history of languages.