Professor George Georgiou recently delivered important lectures at the University of Delaware and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
George Georgiou
Professor George Georgiou recently delivered important lectures at the University of Delaware and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Georgiou, the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #9 and a professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and molecular genetics and microbiology at The University of Texas at Austin, delivered the Robert Pigford Memorial Lecture at the University of Delaware on May 1, 2013. The lecture honors the late Robert Pigford, founder of the University of Delaware's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a major contributor to the areas of absorption, extraction, and mass transfer, for which he was recognized as a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences.
Georgiou spoke on the topic What's in Your Blood: Systems Analysis of Human Antibody Immunity. The lecture was presented by the University of Delaware's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
On May 3, 2013, Georgiou delivered the Alan S. Michaels Distinguished Lectureship in Medical and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the topic: What's in your blood? Molecular Deconvolution of the Human Serum Antibody Repertoire in Health and Disease.
Alan S. Michaels was a pioneer in the application of chemical engineering principles to bioengineering and the field of drug delivery. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, he was a faculty member at MIT in addition to an entrepreneur who started several major companies, such as Pharmetrix and Amicon Corporation.
