Contributors to the Emerging Investigators

This is the first time that Lab on a Chip has put together an issue that features the younger members of the community that are potential rising stars. We often hear the opinions of supervisors and leaders in the field, but rarely do we hear the voices of students, post-docs or young researchers. Therefore we decided to elicit the opinions of these emerging investigators on issues of current concern, such as the killer application, bottlenecks and issues as well as the future for this field. Their responses to the questions listed below are included at the end of each biography and we hope they give an idea of what problems young researchers face and their outlook and aspirations. (1) What is your view of the ‘‘killer application’’? (2) What are the main difficulties you face working in this area of research? (3) What do you think the future holds for this field and these technologies?