Carnegie Mellon University

2023 Spring Seminar Series 

All seminars are held in-person on Thursdays from 11:00-12:00 PM ET in Hall of Arts (HOA) 160   

Thursday, January 19, 2023

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Muyinatu Bell, PhD
John C. Malone Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Seminar Title: Listening to the Sound of Light to Guide Surgeries

Thursday, January 26, 2023

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Jessica Winter, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Ohio State University

Seminar Title: Mechanics in the Brain Tumor Microenvironment

Thursday, February 2, 2023

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Aaron Blanchard, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Seminar Title: DNA Mechanotechnology for Sensing and Generating Piconewton-scale Forces

Thursday, February 9, 2023

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Axel Moore, PhD
Biomedical Research Scientist
University of Delaware

Seminar Title: Prevention-Preservation-Modulation of Orthopaedic Joints

Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Jason M. Szafron, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Stanford University

Seminar Title: Computational growth and remodeling for engineered solutions in cardiovascular disease

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

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Shreya Saxena, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida

Seminar Title: Taming machine learning models of neural dynamics with anatomical and behavioral constraints

Thursday, February 23, 2023

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Colin Hisey, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Biomedical, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University

Seminar Title: Applications of Micro- and Nanotechnology in Extracellular Vesicle Research

Thursday, March 2, 2023

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Roozbeh Jafari, Ph.D.
Tim and Amy Leach Professor
Presidential Impact Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University

Seminar Title: Digital Medicine for Cardiovascular Health

Thursday, March 9, 2023

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Spring Break/No Seminar

Tuesday, March 14,  2023

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Mehran Mirramezani, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Computer Science
Princeton University

Seminar Title: Personalized Healthcare Decision-Making Using Digital Twins and Machine Learning

Thursday, March 16, 2023

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Bruno V. Rego, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Yale University

Seminar Title: Predictive Multiscale Models of Cardiovascular Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Huang Chiao Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland

Seminar Title: Light Activation as a Tool to Address Drug Resistance in Cancer

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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David Boas, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

Seminar Title: Toward neuroscience of the everyday world using functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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Jacqueline Linnes, PhD
Marta E Gross Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University

Seminar Title: Molecular Diagnostics for the Extreme Points-of-Care

Thursday, April 20, 2022

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Susan Daniel, PhD
Fred H. Rhodes Professor
Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University

Seminar Title: Solving the Puzzle of Coronavirus Entry and the Role of the Fusion Peptide in Breaching the Host Membrane

Thursday, April 27, 2023

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Brian Timko, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tufts University

Seminar Title: Hybrid cardiac tissues: bioelectronic interfaces for monitoring and modulating cardiac function