Michael Roberts is chief scientist of the ISS National Laboratory, managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). Before joining CASIS in 2013, Michael worked as principal investigator in the NASA Advanced Life Support program at Kennedy Space Center. Prior to arriving at NASA-KSC in 1999, Michael completed a BA in biology at Maryville College, a PhD in microbiology at Wesleyan University, and post-doctoral research at Michigan State University and the RIKEN Institute in Wako-shi, Japan.