Dr. Turick earned an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology at West Virginia University and the University of New Hamshire, respectively. Dr. Turick’s work history includes CDC, University of Florida, Idaho National Laboratory and Savannah River National Laboratory. He has over 40 years of research experience working with academia, industry and federal laboratories. Part of his background includes microbial ecology, physiology and biophysics involving extracellular microbial electron transfer. Throughout his career he has worked to link basic and applied science for discovery and technology development. Current focus is on defining bacteria as electrochemical entities by combining electrochemical and microbiological techniques to monitor microbial activity in-situ and in real time. Part his current activities at ElectroBioDyne, LLC are directed to linking microbiology, physiology and electrochemistry for sensor design and real time non-contact physiological analysis as well as demystifying microbiology for non-microbiologists in order to empower innovation.