Important Information
Dear Participants,
Over the past few weeks, the United Scientific Group (Nonprofit Organization, 501(C) 3) and BEIS-2021 committee members have been monitoring worldwide developments related to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
With many countries and regions recommending self-quarantine and many institutions strongly advising staff, faculty, and students to restrict travel, as part of our efforts to prevent the spread of infection, we have taken the very difficult decision to postpone BEIS-2021 scheduled from July 20-22, 2020 to April 19-21, 2021 Read More...
Convening Chair
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D.
Founding Dean, College of Engineering, Anderson University, SC, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
Biography : Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie is Vice President of Industry Relations, Founding Dean of the College of Engineering and Distinguished University Professor at Anderson University. He directs the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B). He was the department head for Biomedical Engineering and Founding Associate dean for Engineering Innovation in Engineering Medicine (ENMED) at Texas A&M University. He is the Founder, President and Scientific Director of ABTECH Scientific, Inc., a near-patient biomedical diagnostics company. He holds the Sc.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, the M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and the B.Sc. (First Class Honors) with majors in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Applied Chemistry from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He has published over 200 papers (h-index=44), holds 8 patents and is a fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, BMES and the RSC. Dr. Guiseppi’s research interests are in engineered bioanalytical microsystems in the service of human health and medicine.
Keynote Speakers
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Columbia University
NY
Elazer R. Edelman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
Thomas J. Webster
Northeastern University, MA
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Houston Methodist Research Institute and Texas A&M University, TX
Temple F. Smith
Boston University
MA
Zahi A. Fayad
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Chris Xu
Cornell University, NY
Irene Georgakoudi
Tufts University, MA
Stephen D Miller
Northwestern University, IL
Edward J. Ciaccio
Columbia University
NY
Zhongping Chen
University of California, CA
