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Megan L. McCain, PhD, is the Chonette Early Career Chair and Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. She also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Her research group, the Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering, integrates tunable biomaterials, microfabrication techniques, and human cells to engineer “Organ on a Chip” models of healthy and diseased tissues, with a focus on muscular tissues. Megan is a recipient of a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association and a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. She has also been recognized as a Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering by the Biomedical Engineering Society and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). She received her PhD and postdoctoral training in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.