SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

All seminars will be held at 11:45 a.m. in room 108 West Village H unless stated otherwise.

Special Seminars

Prof. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, Johns Hopkins University
“Cell Migration in Confined Spaces”
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
(Host: Prof. Shashi Murthy)

Prof. Christopher Bettinger, Carnegie Mellon University
“Reconfigurable Polymers and Interfaces as Next-Generation Biomaterials”
Friday, April 12, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Prof. Shekhar Garde, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Water, Proteins, and Interfaces: A New Molecular Perspective”
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
(Host: Prof. Anand Asthagiri)

Recently Held Special Seminars

Prof. Susan Daniel, Cornell University
“Biomimetic Surfaces for Probing Virus-cell Interactions and Viral Entry Kinetics”
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
(Host: Prof. Shashi Murthy)

Prof. David Dandy, Colorado State University
“Engineering μFNs to do Quantitative Biology”
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
(Host: Prof. Edgar Goluch)

Dr. Li Xi, MIT
“Dynamics of Polymer Solids and Fluids: Tales at Different Scales”
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Dr. Wyatt Tenhaeff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
“Solid State Electrolytes and Lignin-based Carbon Fibers for Safe and Inexpensive Lithium Batteries”
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Dr. Kelly Schultz, University of Colorado at Boulder
“Microrheological Characterization for Biological Applications and Soft Material Design”
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Dr. Anita Shukla, Rice University
“Designer Surfaces: From Treating Traumatic Injury to Applications in Regenerative Medicine”
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Dr. Adam Ekenseair
“Synthetic Polymers as Injectable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Dr. Ben Cosgrove, Stanford University
“A More Youthful Self-renewal: Bioengineering Solutions to Rejuvenate Dysfunctional Muscle Stem Cells in Aging”
Friday, January 25, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)

Prof. Linda Broadbelt, Northwestern University
“Designing Reaction Pathways to Novel Chemicals and Materials Using Kinetic Modeling”
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
(Host: Prof. Richard West)

Prof. Esmaiel Jabbari, University of South Carolina
“Engineered Matrix to Study the Effect of Microenvironment on Maintenance of Cancer Stem Cells and Drug Response”
Friday, January 11, 2013
(Host: Prof. Thomas Webster)