The Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering values the sharing of experiences from biomedical experts in the field through scheduled seminars throughout the year.
The SBME Academic Seminar Series feature faculty members from in-state and out-of-state, some with whom we have established shared collaborative research projects.
August 23, 2024
SBME Faculty and Staff
New SBME Graduate Student Orientation
August 30, 2024
No Seminar
September 6, 2024
SBME Graduate Faculty
SBME Graduate Faculty Research Presentations
September 13, 2024
Handan Acar, Ph.D., SBME Assistant Professor
Introduction to Seminar
September 20, 2024
Sydney Turner, PhD Student
Development of Molecular Contrast Agents for Multiplexed Ultrasound Imaging
Ebenezer Raj Selvaraj Mercyshalinie, PhD Student
Assessing Cardiac Ablation in the Left Atrium Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
September 27, 2024
Coline Furrer, PhD Student
Nanographene Oxide Synergizes with N-Dihydrogalactochitosan for Localized Ablative Cancer Immunotherapy
Chloe Catelain, MS Student
Uptake and Activity of Cytokine-Nanogel Conjugates for Macrophage Immunotherapy
October 4, 2024
Emeline Masquelin, MS Student
Effects of Glycated Chitosan On Epithelial Cells and Cancer Cells
Mojtaba Ghanbari Mehrabani, PhD Student
Therapeutic Activity of Internalized Synthetic Nanogels On Murine Macrophages
October 11, 2024
No Seminar - OU TX
October 18, 2024
Enkbholor Battumur, PhD Student
Extracellular ATP As a Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMP) for Potential Immune Modulator in iBMDM Cells: Effects of Pre-Aggregated Peptides Utilizing the CoOP Strategy
October 25, 2024
No Seminar - BMES
November 1, 2024
Chris Corbett, Ph.D.
OU Director of Intellectual Property
OU Patent Application Process
November 8, 2024
Eric Andrew Appel, Ph.D.
Stanford Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Supramolecular Biomaterials Enabling Innovations in Cell and Drug Delivery
November 15, 2024
Tae Gyu Oh, Ph.D.
OUHSC Oncology Assistant Professor
Understanding Nuclear Receptor Biology Through Deep Sequencing: Current Spatial Technologies and Applications
November 22, 2024 (Co-Sponsored with COBRE)
Reto Fiolka, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy: Technology and Applications
November 29, 2024
No Seminar
December 6, 2024
No Seminar
December 13, 2024
No Seminar
January 17, 2025
Jeff Potts, CTO with Xironetic
Augmented Reality Navigation In Surgery: Status and Outlook
January 24, 2025
Yuxin He, PhD Student
Graduate Student Presentations
January 31, 2025
Qinghao Zhang, PhD Student
Graduate Student Presentations
February 7, 2025
Beyza Aydin, PhD Student
Graduate Student Presentation
Mingwei Huang, PhD Student
Graduate Student Presentation
February 14, 2025
Beyza Aydin, PhD Student
Graduate Student Presentation
February 21, 2025
No Seminar
February 28, 2025
Brian Hemke, PhD
University of Virginia Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Inclusive Grading Strategies to Support Student Learning
March 7, 2025
TBA
March 14, 2025
Michal Caspi Tal, PhD
MIT Principal Scientist in Biological Engineering
Re-examining the Host - Pathogen Interface in Lyme Disease and the Impact Of Sex Differences on Development of Infection-Associated Chronic Illness
March 21, 2025
No Seminar - Spring Break
March 28, 2025
No Seminar - Advisory Board Meeting
April 4, 2025
Tomas Hode, Ph.D. and Lu Alleruzzo, MBA
Immunophotonics Co-Founders
Industry Collaboration
April 11, 2025
Kevin Dean, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics
TBA
April 18, 2025
Hong Chen, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery
Unlocking the Power Of Ultrasound For Brain Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
April 25, 2025
Bernard Choi, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine Professor of Biomedical Engineering
TBA
May 2, 2024
Peter So, PhD
MIT Professor of Mechanical and Biological Engineering
Exploring the Potentials Of Multiphoton Patterning
May 9, 2025
No Seminar - Finals
August 25, 2023
No Seminar
September 1, 2023
Faculty Research Presentations
September 8, 2023
Sampurna Chakraborty, PhD Student
Advancing Breast Cancer Therapy: Exploring Conjugates with Annexin A5 Protein for Targeted Intervention
September 15, 2023
Lucas Yan, PhD Student
Evaluation of Human Kidney for Transplantation Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
September 22, 2023
Serana Nelson, MS Student
Synthesis of Biocompatible GBN Nanocomposites for Imaging of Cancer Cells and other Biomedical Applications
Drew Sikora, PhD Student
Association between Opioid Dependence and Scale Free Fractal Brain Activity: An EEG Study
September 29, 2023
Ke Zhang, PhD Student
Using symmetric illumination and color camera to achieve high throughput Fourier ptychographic microscopy
Chen Wang, PhD Student
Epidural Anesthesia Guidance by Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (PS-OCT)
October 2, 2023 (Special Seminar)
Dr. Eric Anglaret, Professor of Physics of Materials, Polytech Montpellier, Universite de Montpelier
Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Single‐walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Aqueous Environments
October 6, 2023
No Seminar, Student Fall Break
October 13, 2023
No Seminar, BMES Conference
October 20, 2023
No Seminar
October 27, 2023
No Seminar
November 3, 2023
Dr. John Klier, Gallogly College of Engineering Dean
Synopsis of industry career and lessons learned, university research involving in-situ functionalization of polymer colloids and introduction to biomanufacturing facility
November 10, 2023
No Seminar
November 17, 2023
No Seminar
November 24, 2023
No Seminar
December 1, 2023
No Seminar
December 8, 2023
No Seminar, Pre-Finals Week
December 15, 2023
No Seminar, Finals Week
January 19, 2024
Obada Muhammad, PhD Student
Neurophysiological Control of Facial Blends: Micro Facial Expressions Detection
January 26, 2024
Enkhbolor Battumur, PhD Student
Optimizing Macrophage Polarization: The step for further research projects
February 2, 2024
Christopher Pierce, PhD Student
Safety and Efficacy of Intracerebral "Parenchygel" Delivery in Healthy Rats
February 9, 2024
Dr. Vladislav Yakovlev, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M
Seeing Life In a New Light: From simple classical physics to quantum-enhanced imaging
February 16, 2024
Trinity Hoff, PhD Student
Ebenezer Selvaraj, PhD Student
February 23, 2024
No Seminar
March 1, 2024
TBD
March 8, 2024
Dr. Brian Applegate, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
March 15, 2024
TBD
March 22, 2024
No Seminar, Spring Break
March 29, 2024
TBD
April 5, 2024
Dr. Ankur Singh, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
April 12, 2024
Dr. Thomas Werfel, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Ole Miss
April 19, 2024
Dr. Brandon DeKosky, Phillip and Susan Ragon Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
April 24, 2024 (Special Seminar)
Dr. Natalie Artz, Associate Professor of Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School
April 26, 2024
No Seminar, Web of Life Conference
May 3, 2024
No Seminar, Pre-Finals Week
May 10, 2024
No Seminar, Finals Week
September 2, 2022
Dr. Kevin Fraancis
MONITORING DISEASE STATES IN LIVE ANIMALS USING NON-IVASIVE OPTICAL IMAGING
October 21, 2022
Dr. Yvonne Chen
ENGINEERING NEXT-GENERATION T CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
October 28, 2022
Dr. Chao Zhou
ULTRAHIGH-SPEED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND ITS BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
November 4, 2022
Dr. Jongyong Ye
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-MICROCAVITY OPTICAL SENSOR FOR SENSITIVE LABEL-FREE BIOSSAYS
November 11, 2022
Dr. Susan Thomas
ENGINEERED BIOMATERIALS FOR LYMPH NODE DRUG DELIVERY AND DISEASE MODELING ENABLE NEXT-GENERATION APPROACHES IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
November 18, 2022
Dr. Jennifer Barton
EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER WITH MULTIMODAL ENDOSCOPES
December 2, 2022
Dr. Carligin Bouten
MATERIALS-DRIVEN IN-SITU CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING
January 20, 2023
Dr. Karen Jonscher
MATERNALLY SUPPLEMENTED PQQ TARGETS CERAMIDE METABOLISM IN OFFSPRING TO BLUNT DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING OF NAFLD
January 27, 2023
Cancelled
February 3, 2023
Dr. Joel Collier
IMMUNE-MODULATING PEPTIDE MATERIALS FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
February 10, 2023
Graduate Student Presentations
February 24, 2023
Graduate Student Presentations
March 3, 2023
Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler
HARNESSING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN TISSUE REGENERATION
March 24, 2023
Dr. Xueding Wang
Light + Sound: Imaging & Therapy
March 31, 2023
Dr. Zhongping Chen
ADVANCES IN FUNCTIONAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY: TRANSLATION OF F-OCT TECHNOLOGY FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE
April 7, 2023
Dr. Baowei Fei
Hyperspectral Imaging for Cancer Detection and Image-Guided Surgery
April 14, 2023
Dr. Krishnendu Roy
ZOOM
April 21, 2023
Graduate Student Presentations
April 28, 2023
Graduate Student Presentations
September 24, 2021
Brian Pogue, Ph.D. MacLean Professor of Engineering Dartmouth College
ENGINEERING OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR SPECIALTY MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
October 1, 2021
Lesley Chow, Ph.D.
SPATIALLY ORGANIZED BIOMATERIALS TO DIRECT OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE REGENERATION
October 22, 2021
Shalini Prasad, Ph.D.
SWEATSENSER DX an enabling technology for on demand profiling of cytokines on passively expressed eccrine sweat
October 29, 2021
David Otuya, Ph.D.
Transnasal Platform for Imaging, Biopsy and Biomass Sampling of the Gut.
November 12, 2021
Chandramouli Krishnan, Ph.D.
November 19, 2021
Sydney Schaefer, Ph.D.
December 3, 2021
Ze Wang, Ph.D.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Ashish Ranjan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Kerr Chair Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Lee E. Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and BME, Northwestern University.
Designing Motor BCIS for the Real World
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Franca Tecchio, Ph.D. Director of Laboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational Neuroscience, National Research Council (CNR), Italy.
How Simple is the Brain Complexity
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Silvestro Micera, Ph.D. Professor, Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering., Swiss Federal Institute of Tecnology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IMPLANTABLE NEUROPROSTHESES TO UNDERSTAND AND RESTORE SENSORY, MOTOR AND AUTONOMIC NEURAL FUNCTIONS
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Sahab Khalsa, Ph.D. Professor, Director of Clinical Studies, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Univeristy of Tulsa.
From Sensations to Symptoms: The role of Interoception in Mental Health.
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Satoshi Kashiwagi, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology.
Near-Infrared Laser Adjuvant for Vaccinations
March 5, 2021
Kirill Larin, Ph.D.
Structural and Functional Imaging of Tissues with Optical Coherence Tomography / Elastography.
April 9, 2021
Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D.
April 16, 2021
Jamal Lewis, Ph.D.
ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING PARTICLES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
April 23, 2021
Chris Xu, Ph.D.
MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY FOR IMAGING DEEPER, WIDER, AND FASTER
April 30, 2021
Devin Hubbard, Ph.D.
August 30, 2019
NANYIN ZHANG, PH.D Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University
MANIPULATING AND MONITORING THE BRAIN NETWORK FUNCTION IN AWAKE RODENTS USING MULTI-MODAL APPROACHES
September 6, 2019
WEI CHEN, PH. D Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Education and Research Dean of the College of Mathematics and Science University of Central Oklahoma
SYNERGIZING PHOTOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTERAPY FOR METASTATIC CANCERS
Sept 12, 2019
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D, University Professor, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering,Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Connecticut
Success is What you Leave Behind
Oct 08, 2019
T. Venky Venkatesan, Director of the Nano Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUSNNI) Professor of ECE, Physics, MSE and NGS.
ULTRA-LOW SWITCHING ENERGY MEMORIES TO ARTIFICIAL NEURONS
Oct 25, 2019
Anthony C. Johnson, clinical assistant professor of research in the OU Medicine Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
THE BLACK BOX OF CHRONIC VISCERAL PAIN: SHINING LIGHT ON NOVEL CIRCUITRY
Nov 08, 2019
Larry McEnerney, Director of Writing Programs, University of Chicago
Writing Effectively for Biomedical Engineering: The Value of Creating Value
Nov 15, 2019
Joseph culver, Professor of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine.
Dec 06, 2019
Metin Akay, Founding Chair, John S Dunn Endowed Chair Professor, University of Houston.
BRAIN CANCER CHIP FOR PRECISION MEDICINE
Jan 6, 2020
Yu Zhang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Stanford University
NEURAL PATTERN DECODING USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Jan 09, 2020
Dr. WEI CHEN, Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dean, College of Mathematics and Science, University of Central Oklahoma
ANTITUMOR IMMUNE RESPONSES INDUCED BY LASER IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF METASTATIC CANCERS
Jan 23, 2020
Yuan Yang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University Medical School.
FUNCTIONAL NEURAL CONNECTIVITY IN HEMIPARETIC STROKE
March 6, 2020
Anna Csiszar, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Aging Research Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
ADJUSTMENT OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VIA NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING
April 10, 2020
Doris M. Benbrook, Ph.D. Presidential Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Co-Leader, Gynecologic Cancers Program Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Cancer Prevention and Drug Development Stephenson Cancer Center University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
APRIL 17, 2020
Jeff Ross, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, MiroMatrix.
Bioengineering Transplantable Organs— The Future of Regenerative Medicine
Virtual BESA Symposium
APRIL 24, 2020
Jennifer L. West, Ph.D. Co-founder | NanoSpectra Biosciences Professor | Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.
August 13, 2018
George Gopen, JD, PhD, Professor Emertitus, Duke University.
Scientific Writing from the Reader’s Perspective
August 17, 2018
Ramin Skibba, PhD. Scientific Writer
Charting a Course from Science Research to Science Writing for the Public!
September 14, 2018
Wendy Newstetter, Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering, Georgia Tech.
Problem-based Learning in Engineering Education
September 28, 2018
Jie Zheng, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
October 12, 2018
Liping Tang, Professor at the Universtiy of Texas - Arlington
Development of Cancer Traps for Combating Metastatic Cancer
October 26, 2018
Michael Businelle, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Using smartphones to identify and intervene upon mechanisms of behavior change
November 2, 2018
Robin Felder, Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology
November 9, 2018
Kent Leach, Professor in Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis
Engineered microenvironments to guide progenitor cell-based therapies in tissue paper.
November 30, 2018
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy.
Emerging Nanosystems in Drug Delivery: It’s all about delivery
December 5, 2018
Craig Duvall, Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University
Matrix binding nanocarriers for molecularly targeted osteoarthritis therapy
March 6, 2019
X. Edward Guo, Ph.D., Chair and Stanley Dicker Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University
Bone Bioengineering: Microstructure, Mechanics, Mechanobiology and Beyond
March 15, 2019
Javier A. Jo, Ph.D., Professor of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma
Novel Technologies for Quantitative Optical Image Guided Precision Medicine
June 14, 2019
Jenny Robinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
Emulsion Electrospun Fibers for Sex-Dependent Fibrocartilage Regeneration
Sept. 1, 2017
Cory Berkland, Ph.D., Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at The University of Kansas.
A Few Early Lessons in Entrepreneurship
October 20, 2017
Michael Deem, Ph.D. Department of Bioengineering Rice University
October 27, 2017
Kumar Sripathirathan, Ph.D. CEO of DRIK, Inc.
Drug discovery and development
Nov 10, 2017
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University.
Designing Mineral Based Therapeutics to Control and Direct Cell Function
Sept. 16, 2016
Gregory Sutton, Ph.D. Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department Biological Sciences University of Bristol, UK
Lessons in Mechanical Design Learned from Insects
Oct. 28, 2016
Lijie Grace Zhang Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Medicine The George Washington University
Integrating 3D Bioprinting and Nanomaterials for Complex Tissue Regeneration
Nov. 4, 2016
Emily Day, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware
Enabling High Precision Cancer Therapy with Engineered Nanoparticles
Nov. 11, 2016
Michael C. Morton Vice President for Corporate Regulatory Affairs Medtronic, Inc.
The Medical Device Industry: Perspectives of the Global Healthcare Ecosystem
Nov. 18, 2016
Hinrich Staecker, MD, Ph.D. Professor Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery University of Kansas Medical Center
Molecular Modification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Translational Inner Ear Research
May 5, 2017
Brendan Harley, Sc.D. Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Engineering the Niche to Address Emerging Challenges in Regenerative Medicine
April 13, 2016
Rachel Childers Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Candidate for Professor of Practice
