Each morning of the 2015 Summer Institute, participants will hear lectures by, and have the opportunity to interact with, experts in the field.
Alexei Aksimentiev
Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rashid Bashir
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Richard Chadwick
Chief, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders NIDCD
Brian Cunningham
Director, MNTL, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amy Herr
Assistant Professor ofBioengineering, UC Berkeley
Joseph Irudayaraj
Professor of Biological Engineering, Purdue University
Hyun Joon Kong
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ting Lu
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marina Marjanovic
Associate Director, Imaging at Illinois, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cathy Murphy
Professor of Chemisty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shuming Nie
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director for Emory-Georgia Tech Cancer Nanotechnology Center
Scott Siechen
Department Chair, Natural Sciences, Parkland College
Ivan Smalyukh
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Summer Institute is sponsored by NSF IGERT, NIH M-CNTC, NSF EBICS, CNST, and NSF nanoBIO node.
The overall objective is to enhance the ability to address challenges in Cancer Nanotechnology and Mechanobiology. The 2015 Summer Institute offers expertise from interdisciplinary faculty in biology, engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab experiences.
Specific objectives include: