I had the great pleasure of meeting and photographing Dr. Zezong Gu, a researcher at The University of Missouri who has drastically limited brain damage in mice who suffer from stroke or traumatic brain injuries. He hopes to move on to human testing soon.

I am always surprised when I photograph researchers of this caliber that they are so down to earth and generous with their time. I just hope that I never have a stroke, or traumatic brain injury, but if I do, my quality of life afterwards will be in the hands of people like Dr. Gu.