Scattering reactions at intermediate energies with nuclear targets are 
indispensable in our quest to unravel the nature of the strong force at 
hadronic length scales.  They offer access to modifications of hadrons 
in the nuclear medium, are used in the flavor separation of parton 
distribution functions, and teach us about hadronization and the 
short-range structure of nuclei.  Concentrating on the topics of nuclear 
final-state interactions and short-range correlations, I highlight 
several contributions from my research to these studies.  Second, I 
discuss future research possibilities in this domain and show its 
importance and benefit for the JLab12 nuclear program and other 
intermediate energy experimental facilities.