2025 Fall Seminar Series 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Keisuke Ishihara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Computational and Systems Biology
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Title: Synthetic Morphogenesis: Designing form and function of 3D tissues

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Cherice Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester

Seminar Title: Biomechanical Motion Analysis in Non-Research Spaces

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Yifan Yuan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Title: Local microenvironment regulates lung vascular homeostasis

Thursday, September 18, 2025

No seminar - Attend CMU BME Forum

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Mei He, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Florida

Seminar Title: Bioengineering of Extracellular Vesicles for Precision Medicine

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Cameron Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Duke Biomedical Engineering
Co-Director of Duke Biomedical Engineering Education & Teaching Lab (BEETL)
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director of Education in Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation
Associate Faculty in Duke Science & Society Initiative and Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies

Seminar Title: Why Ethics in BME? Why Curiosity in BME? Why now?

Thursday, October 9, 2025 

No Seminar - BMES

Thursday, October 16, 2025 

No Seminar - Fall Break

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Emrullah Korkmaz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Title: Engineering Immunity Via Skin: Next-Generation Vaccination and Immunotherapy Approaches

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Katelyn Sadler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Center for Advanced Pain Studies
The University of Texas at Dallas

Seminar Title: Microbial and neuronal targets for sickle cell disease pain management

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Zhenglun "Alan" Wei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Juan Gnecco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tufts University School of Engineering

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Katrina Knight, Ph.D.
MWRI BIRCWH Scholar
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break

Thursday, December 4, 2025 

Michelle Digman, Ph.D.
William J. Link Chair and Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Affiliate Professor, Dept.of Dev.& Cell Bio
Affiliate Professor, Beckman Laser Institute
University of California Irvine

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