41st International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Bioanalysis

Federica Caselli 
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Federica Caselli is Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she leads the Laboratory of Biomedical Microdevices. She holds dual M.Sc. degrees in Medical Engineering and Mathematics, as well as a Ph.D. in Biomechanics. She is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited as a speaker at several international conferences and workshops. Her research focuses on developing innovative lab-on-a-chip devices for diagnostics and life sciences, with a particular emphasis on microfluidic impedance cytometry. She explores advanced approaches for single-cell biophysical phenotyping and manipulation, leveraging model-based device design and cutting-edge signal processing techniques. Her recent work emphasizes all-electrical platforms and the integration of neural-network-based data analytics.

Noo Li Jeon 
Seoul National University, Korea

Prof. Noo Li Jeon is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Seoul National University. He has worked at the interface of engineering and biology, developing novel tools for biological research inventing microfluidic gradient generating devices for chemotaxis, primary neuron and stem cell culture. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne in 1997 under Prof. Ralph G. Nuzzo. After postdoctoral research in Prof. George M. Whitesides’ laboratory at Harvard University working on soft lithography related projects and microfluidic devices, he spent a year in Prof. Mehmet Toner’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School working on neutrophil chemotaxis in microfluidic devices. From 2001 to 2009, he was an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Irvine. He moved to Seoul National University in 2009.

David Weitz 
Harvard University

Weitz received his PhD in physics from Harvard University and then joined Exxon Research and Engineering Company, where he worked for nearly 18 years. He then became a professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania and moved to Harvard at the end of the last millennium as professor of physics and applied physics. He leads a group studying soft matter science with a focus on materials science, biophysics and microfluidics. Several startup companies have come from his lab to commercialize research concepts.

Peter Willis 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dr. Peter Willis is a senior researcher and principal technologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena California. In addition to participating in the development and operation of current spaceflight missions including Perseverance, and formulating future planetary astrobiology missions, he serves as the Supervisor of JPL’s Chemical Analysis and Life Detection group. His research focuses on the development of methods and instrument technologies to detect chemical signs of life on other planets.