KSEA Ignite Your Potential!

Academic Career Seminar

Thursday, September 26th, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Boulevard Room, Pierpont Commons (North Campus)

2101 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

(See directions at bottom)

Program Includes

• Keynote Speech by UM Associate Professor James Moon (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering)
  • Tenure Track Faculty Advice (see biography below)
• Banquet Dinner Included ($5 for KSEA members, $15 for non-members)
  • Catered by UM University Catering
  • Become a KSEA member HERE for discounted or free entry, food, and drinks for this and future events
• Raffle Prizes (FREE)
  • Raffle Tickets given out ONLY during Reception. Please Come Early!

Sign-Up is Required

Sign-Up Form Link - Click for RSVP FORM HERE!

• Sign up and Payment both required by 11:59pm Tuesday 9/24/2019 to guarantee the dinner reservation.
• After this date, please sign up and make payment for first-come first-serve remaining dinner reservations. Limited spots are available.
• For questions email us at ksea.michapter@gmail.com

Payment Options

• Cost is $5 for KSEA members and $15 for non-KSEA members
• Become a KSEA member by joining HERE for discounted or free entry, food, and drinks for this and future events (national membership costs $35 for regular, $15 graduate students, free for undergrads)
• Please include your full name and "Ignite" in the payment note
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Program Schedule

• 6:30-7:15pm: Registration and Social Networking (with Appetizers)
• 7:15-7:35pm: Buffet Dinner
• 7:35-7:45pm: KSEA Introduction
• 7:45-8:45pm: Keynote Speaker - Prof. James Moon
  • Part I: Life Journey, Career Path, Tenure Faculty Track (30 minutes)
  • Part II: Q&A (30 minutes)
• 8:45-9:00pm: Raffle Prizes
• 9:00-9:30pm: Open Networking

Past Event Photo Album

• Link to 2016 Album

Keynote Speaker Biography

Dr. James Moon is John Gideon Searle Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Moon received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley (2002), and his Ph.D. from Rice University (2008), and he completed his postdoctoral training at MIT (HHMI). His translational research program aims to develop novel engineering tools for improving vaccines and immunotherapies.

Dr. Moon has received numerous awards, including 2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2016 DOD-CDMRP Career Development Award, 2015 Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award, the 2012 NIAID Research Scholar Development Award, and the 2011 IEEE- EMBS Harvard Wyss Institute Award for Translational Research.

The Moon Laboratory is interested in the development of therapeutics and diagnostics at the interface of immunology and engineering. Specifically, they are developing new drug delivery systems that can enhance targeting of antigen and adjuvant to lymphoid organs, thereby manipulating immune functions in the context of cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmunity. Their translational research focused on immunoengineering utilizes tools of nanotechnology, biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and advanced in vitro/in vivo high-throughput methods to detect and improve immune functions. One thrust of their research is the development of a nanoparticle vaccine that can induce anti-tumoral cellular immune responses for cancer immunotherapy. The second thrust in the lab focuses on the synthesis of novel biomaterials for mucosal immunization against infectious pathogens, including HIV.

Event Parking and Directions