Fall 2016
Penn State Biomedical Engineering welcomes 4 new faculty members for 2016-17
The Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to welcome four tenure-track faculty members in 2016-17
Daniel Hayes, associate professor

Daniel Hayes comes to Penn State from Louisiana State University were he served as an assistant professor of biological engineering from 2008 to 2016.

Hayes' research interests include nanoscale drug delivery, diagnostic tools, and development of materials and processes for regenerative medicine. 

Recently, he was awarded an  NSF CAREER Award and a National Institutes of Health R01 grant for his work in  nanoplasmonic optogeneic control systems. >> 
Xiao Liu, assistant professor

Xiao Liu joins the department after completing a research fellowship at the  National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, where he specialized in neuroimaging.

His research interests lie in combining multi-modal neuroimaging techniques and computational approaches to investigate the functional connectivity and dynamics of the brain.

Scott Medina, assistant professor

Scott Medina comes to the department  from the National Cancer Institute where he served as a Cancer Research Training Award Fellow.

His research aims to develop novel stimuli-responsive biomaterials for precision medicine. 

At Penn State, Medina will lead the Precision Therapeutics and Bioresponsive Materials Lab. >>

Raj Kothapalli, assistant professor

Raj Kothapalli will join the department in January 2017.
 
He comes to Penn State from Stanford University where he is currently an instructor in the Department of Radiology.

Kothapalli's research  interests focus on developing novel optical, ultrasound, and photo acoustic imaging and sensing technologies for both pre-clinical and clinical applications in cancer and neurological diseases. >>

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
  • Leung appointed undergraduate program coordinator >> 
  • Lian named 2016 Young Innovator by CMBE >>
AROUND THE COLLEGE
  • Vikram Eswar named College of Engineering summer student marshal >>
  • Brittany Banik receives 2016 Graduate Student Service Award >>
  • Gomez and Hafenstein awarded collaborative grant to study virus structures >> 
  • BME affiliate faculty member demonstrates how 3D printing can produce cartilage from strands of bioink >>
  • Alumni volunteers needed to participate in BMES professional development programs >>
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT. 17
College of Engineering Alumni Tailgate (Penn State vs. Temple) >>

OCT. 5-8
Visit us at Booth #520 during the BMES 2016 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis! >>

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