Nathan Gianneschi is the Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University and the Associate Director for the International Institute for Nanotechnology. Nathan is the co-founder of Grove Biopharma: a revolutionary platform biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of a new class of biotherapeutics to treat significant unmet medical needs in chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. In this episode, John explores Nathan’s career, learning about the processes, motivations, challenges and failures that have and continue to contribute to his success. John also gives the listeners an in depth, personal tour of Nathan’s lab: what he has achieved and what he is trying to achieve.