4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

"Modern Aspects of Laser Spectroscopy and (Fibre)
Optical Chemical Sensing"

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4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

Irving Bigio, Ph.D.   
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Physics & Medicine
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

"Elastic Light Scattering Spectroscopy for the
Detection of Pre-Cancer"

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4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

H. J. Lewerenz, Ph.D.   
Professor of Physics, Technical University
Head Interface Engineering Group, Helmholtz
Center Berlin for Materials and Energy
Berlin, Germany

"Enzyme - Semiconductor Interactions:
Fundamental Aspects and Routes to
Photoactive"

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4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

David Boas , Ph.D.  
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physicist, Mass General Hospital 
Boston, Massachusetts
"Multi-modal Optical and functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism:
Macroscopic to Microscopic"

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CANCELLED  - (Due to traveling conditions of Hurricane Ike)
4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

Rebekah Drezek , Ph.D.  
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &
Computer Engineering
Rice University
"Optical Activatable Nanoparticles for Targeted Imaging
and Therapy of Cancer"

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4:15 – 5:15pm  FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B

Arye Rosen, Ph.D.   ** DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER**
Academy Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Drexel University
"The Role of Engineering Principles in the Medical Utilization
of Electromagnetic Energies"

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