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Thursday, November 13th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Chunlei Liu

Moore B270
Remote Magnetic Activation of Endogenous Ion Channels
Chunlei Liu, PhD, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley,
Thursday, October 30th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Kevin Plaxco

Moore B270
Molecular vital signs: recent advances in in vivo biosensors
Kevin Plaxco, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of BioEngineering, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Dr. Dion Khodagholy

Moore B270
Translational Neuroelectronics
Dion Khodagholy, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine,
Friday, June 20th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Dr. Maïmouna Bocoum

Moore B270
From Acousto-optic Imaging to quantum detection
Dr. Maïmouna Bocoum, Researcher, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Institut Langevin ESPCI Paris Université PSL, CNRS,
Friday, May 16th, 2025
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Yong Zhang

Keck 142
Wearable/implantable devices for light-based therapy
Professor Yong Zhang, Chair Professor & Head Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Global STEM Professor Fellow of SAEng, EASA, IEEE, AIMBE & RSC Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics),
Thursday, May 15th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Bozhi Tian

Moore B270
Physical Biology Strategies for Translational Bioelectrical Interfaces
Professor Bozhi Tian, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series: Nobel Laureate, Professor Eric Betzig

Chen 100
Exploring the Universe Inside Ourselves
Professor Eric Betzig, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, the Eugene D. Commins Presidential Chair in Experimental Physics, a Senior Fellow at the Janelia Research Campus, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, April 25th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Samuel Solomon

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Generalizing wearable affective intelligence
Samuel Solomon, Ph.D. Candidate, Gao Research Group, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
  • Internal Event
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
10:00am – 11:00am
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Medical Engineering Defense, Anne Kil

Broad 100
Engineering and Computational Tools for Salivary Biomedicine
Anne Kil, Ph.D. Candidate, Pachter Lab, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar, Samuel Achilefu

Annenberg 105
Convergence of multi-spectral radiation for cancer detection and therapy
Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Cunjiang Yu

Moore B270
A Soft Approach for Bioelectronics
Professor Cunjiang Yu, Founder Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (Joint), Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Joint), Department of Bioengineering (Joint), Beckman Institute for Science and Technology (Part time faculty), Materials Research Laboratory, Holon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
Friday, March 14th, 2025
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Wenzheng Heng

Moore B270
Smart Masks for in situ Exhaled Breath Condensate Harvesting and Analysis
Wenzheng Heng, Ph.D. Candidate, Wei Gao Lab, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Shana Kelley

Annenberg 105
Continuous Monitoring of Protein Biomarkers using Implantable Sensors
Professor Shana Kelley, Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University,
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar, Muhammad A. Alam

Annenberg 105
Reliable Sensing with Field-Deployed "Unreliable" Implantable and Wearable Sensors: How Physics, Information Theory, and Fake-News Algorithm Make Robust Sensing Possible
Muhammad A. Alam, Jai N. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University,
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Tony Jun Huang

Annenberg 105
Acoustofluidics: merging acoustics and fluid mechanics for biomedical applications
Tony Jun Huang, William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University,
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Cancelled: Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Omar Ishrak

Annenberg 105
Translation of Engineering into healthcare products
Omar Ishrak, Former Chairman & CEO, Medtronic,
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar, Amy Herr

Moore B270
Cellular-to-molecular heterogeneity: Electrophoretic cytometry for targeted proteomics
Amy Herr, PhD, Chancellor's Professor, UC Berkeley and VP at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network,
Friday, October 4th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Dae-Hyeong Kim

Moore B270
Soft Materials and Bioelectronic Devices for Cardiovascular Diseases
Professor Dae-Hyeong Kim, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University,
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Ji-Xin Cheng

Moore B270
Seeing the unseen using molecular fingerprints
Ji-Xin Cheng, Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics, Boston University Photonics Center,
Friday, August 16th, 2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Heather Lukas

Online and In-Person Event
Engineering Bioaffinity Sensors Towards Continuous Electrochemical Biosensing
Heather Lukas, MedE PhD Candidate, Wei Gao Lab, Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar. Assistant Professor Constantine Sideris

Moore B280
Harnessing Electromagnetic Fields for Biomedical Devices: From Point-of-Care Biosensing and Ingestible "Smart" Pills to Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometry and Neural Stimulators
Constantine Sideris, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California,
Friday, May 17th, 2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang

Moore B280
Oxygen-Regulating MEMS Devices for Cell Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang, Ph.D. Candidate (Med-EE Joint Track), Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Caltech MEMS Lab, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Jacob Robinson

Moore B270
Minimally invasive brain interfaces using magnetic materials
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Hong Chen

Moore B270
Neurosonics: A new frontier for noninvasive brain interventions with ultrasound
Professor Hong Chen, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis,
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series-Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D.

Annenberg 105
Pursuit of Precision Health: The digital twin opportunity
Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Engineering Health Engineering, Robert A Welch Professor Inaugural Dean School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University / Houston Methodist Research Institute,
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1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Zhiyang Jin

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Acoustic Biosensors for Noninvasive Imaging of Molecular Processes
Zhiyang Jin, Ph.D. Candidate, Shapiro Lab, Medical Engineering Department, Caltech,
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti

Annenberg 105
Molecular Engineering of Biointerfaces and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti, Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Chemistry, Duke University,
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
1:30pm – 4:15pm
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MedE Symposium Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Special Guest Speaker Professor Steven Chu

Ramo Auditorium
Professor Steven Chu, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering, Physics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University,
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Michael I. Miller

Annenberg 105
Molecular Computational Anatomy: From Euler to Dirac
Dr. Michael I. Miller, Bessie Darling Massey Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University, Co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute,
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Karen Christman

Annenberg 105
Biomaterials for Treating the Heart
Karen Christman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Pierre Galletti Endowed Chair for Bioengineering cInnovation, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Welfare, Jaobs School of Engineering, University of San Diego,
Monday, January 22nd, 2024
9:00am – 2:20pm
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Frontiers of Medical Engineering Symposium

Chen 100
Medical Engineering Symposium
  • Internal Event
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar Series, Wei Gao, Ph.D.

Annenberg 105
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors
Wei Gao, Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar, and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Na Ji

Annenberg 105
Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolution
Professor Na Ji, Professor of Neurobiology and Luis Alvarez Memorial Chair in Experimental Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Changhao Xu

Online and In-Person Event
Electronic Skin in Robotics and Healthcare: Towards Multimodal Sensing and Intelligent Analysis
Changhao Xu, Medical Engineering Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering, Calfornia Institute of Technology,
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Dr. Jeffrey Karp

Annenberg 105
Tools for Accelerated Medical Innovation
Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Anesthesia at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Monday, November 13th, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Jihong Min

Online and In-Person Event
Innovations in wireless bioelectronics for precision medicine, from sustainable sweat sensing to ingestible gut monitoring
Jihong Min, Ph.D. Candidate, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Instittute of Technology,
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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MedE: EAS Trailblazers Symposium-Anqi Zhang

Moore B270
Minimally invasive neuroelectronics
Anqi Zhang, Ph.D., American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Stanford University,
Friday, October 27th, 2023
1:30pm – 3:30pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Jiaobing Tu

Online and In-Person Event
Wearable Sweat Sensors for Disease Monitoring and Management
Jiaobing Tu, Ph.D. Student, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Instittute of Technology,
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