John Giannini received a B.S. in physics from Gettysburg College in 2012, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in biophysics at the University of Maryland College Park. He is part of the NCI-UMD partnership and is under the mentorship of Dr. Hari Shroff, NIBIB, and Dr. Wolfgang Losert, UMD. His research in the HROI lab involves developing new imaging tools for application in biological and clinical research.