The Spring 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series continues and expands this important tradition. This year's speakers include:

Theresa M. Reineke, Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Yi-Xian Qin, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedics, Stony Brook University

Darrell J. Irvine, Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue Engineering, Dept. of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Phil Messersmith, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Patrick Rousche, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois-Chicago

Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School

David Thompson, Professor of Chemistry and University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University

Michael Mackey, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa

Daniel E. Morse, Director, UCSB-MIT-Caltech Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, University of California at Santa Barbara

Panos Pardalos, Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

Lisa Pruitt, Chancellor's Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley