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LOCATION: 
BME 3.204

SPEAKER:
Deji Akinwande, Ph.D.
Professor, UT Austin Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

ABSTRACT:
This talk will touch upon on the latest in two-dimensional atomic materials for biosensors and bioelectronics. Discover how graphene-based sensors can quickly differentiate between viruses and detect a range of infectious diseases with high sensitivity and speed. Learn about breakthroughs in wearable technology, including electronic tattoos that monitor vital signs with precision and minimal interference. I will showcase our innovative continuous blood pressure monitor that achieves clinical-grade accuracy with thousands of readings per subject.

SPEAKER BIO:
Deji Akinwande is a Cockrell Chair Professor of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Fellow of the IEEE, the MRS, the APS, and the AAS. His research focuses on 2D materials, pioneering device innovations from lab towards applications for which he is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. He received the PhD degree from Stanford University in 2009. Prof. Akinwande has been honored with the 2023 UT Coop award for best research paper which was on the topic of wearable blood pressure monitoring. He has also received the Fulbright Specialist Award, the Bessel-Humboldt Research Award, the U.S Presidential PECASE award, the inaugural Gordon Moore Inventor Fellow award, and several Federal, philanthropic, and industrial grant awards, and was a past recipient of fellowships from the Kilby/TI, Ford Foundation, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. His research achievements have been featured by Nature news, Time and Forbes magazine, BBC,CNN, Discover magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many media outlets. He serves as an Editor ACS Nano and Nature NPJ 2D Materials & Applications, and on the editorial board for Science. He was the co-Chair of the Gordon Research Conference on 2D materials. He co-authored a textbook on carbon nanotubes and graphene device physics by Cambridge University Press, and was recently a finalist for the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, the highest teaching award from the University of Texas System.