About This Webinar
Advanced photonics technologies that allow stable, intimate integration with living organisms will accelerate progress in biomedical research. These systems will also serve as the foundations for new approaches for monitoring and treating diseases. This presentation describes the core concepts in optics, optical materials, devices, and systems for two classes of such technologies: 1) colorimetric, wearable microfluidic systems for capture, storage, and quantitative biomarker analysis of eccrine sweat, and 2) cellular-scale optoelectronic probes for neuroscience studies in small animal models.
Who should attend:
R & D scientists, engineers, and manufacturers involved in biomedical studies and test measurement; those who work in the medical field and biophotonics; and those who work in medicine, microscopy, oncology, neuroscience, clinical research, cell biology, and biotechnology.
About the presenter:
Professor John A. Rogers began his career at Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997 and served as its director from the end of 2000 to 2002. He then spent 13 years at the University of Illinois, serving as the Swanlund Chair Professor and director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. In 2016, he joined Northwestern University as the Simpson/Querrey Professor, where he is also director of the Institute for Bioelectronics. He has co-authored nearly 1000 papers and he is co-inventor on more than 100 patents. His research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013), the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), the James Prize from the NAS (2022), and the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award (2024). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Society.