Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, chaired the conference Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication II, held March 12-14, 2012 in San Diego, CA. He also presented two papers. The first, entitled "Towards bioinspired parylene-C coatings of implant surfaces," was co-authored with Dr. Lai Wei, his former PhD student, who now works for Lam Research Corporation. The second, entitled "Toward pest control via mass production of realistic decoys of insects," was co-authored with ESM graduate student Drew Pulsifer, Drs. Raúl Martín-Palma (Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering), Thomas C. Baker (Distinguished Professor, Entomology), and Jayant Kumar (Professor of Physics & Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell). Moreover, Dr. Lakhtakia was a co-author of the paper entitled "Arrays of bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells," which was presented by Dr. Francisco Chiadini (University of Salerno, Italy) and also co-authored by Drs. Antonio Scaglione (University of Salerno) and Vincenzo Fiumara (University of Basilicata, Italy).