Dean's Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series presents Prof John A Rogers

Join the College of Engineering on Friday, 27 June 2025, 10.40 am as Professor John A. Rogers from Northwestern University presents a lecture on Some Recent Progress in Bioelectronics Research & Translation as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

The Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series is an initiative by the College that brings distinguished experts to interact with members of the engineering community for intellectual exchange and partnership.

The lecture is open to both the NTU community and the public.

Abstract

Interdisciplinary research in materials chemistry, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering over the last decade has largely eliminated the mismatch between conventional, planar rigid electronic systems and the soft, curved tissues of living organisms.  The resulting classes of bioelectronic devices are beginning to change the way that we treat patients and they are creating new paradigms in fundamental biological research.  This talk will briefly describe two on-going translation efforts and three newly published technologies associated with our research in this area.  The latter includes (1) dynamic, wearable sensing platforms for measuring gaseous molecular flux into and out of the surface of the skin, (2) 3D mesoscale electronic frameworks for research on cortical and spinal organoids and (3) mm-scale bioresorbable pacemakers for care during recovery after a cardiac surgery.  In each case, I will highlight opportunities for research in the engineering sciences.

Biography

Professor John A. Rogers began his career at Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997, and served as Director from the end of 2000 to 2002.  He then spent thirteen years at the University of Illinois, as the Swanlund Chair Professor and Director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory.  In 2016, he joined Northwestern University as the Simpson/Querrey Professor, where he is also Director of the Institute for Bioelectronics.  He has co-authored nearly 1000 papers and he is co-inventor on more than 100 patents.  His research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013), the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), the James Prize from the NAS (2022) and the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award (2024).  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society.