Professor Milica Radisic, of the University of Toronto, is an international leader in the fields of biomedical and cardiovascular tissue engineering. She has pioneered electrical field stimulation for cultivation of functional heart tissue in the laboratory, leading to innovative new approaches to testing drugs in vitro on arrays of human tissues. Her groundbreaking research on the design and development of bioreactors for cardiac tissue engineering based on stem cell derived cardiomyocytes and biomaterials has led to accolades such as the NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, the Engineers Canada Young Engineer Award, and inclusion in MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators under 35.