In retrospection of my research career, I find that I seem to be getting closer and closer to my childhood dream of becoming a fruitful scientist. But I am equally aware that the intellectual world I am entering is a world of infinite unraveled mysteries. The science of biomaterials is an multidisciplinary subject which synthesizes the research findings in biology, medicine, chemistry, and material science. Correspondingly, over the past decade, my research interests have changed from medical science through polymer materials and to drug development. This cross-disciplinary research experience has significantly broadened my ken of knowledge, knowledge that would prove extremely instrumental to my proposed study in biomaterials.