1. “Nanoscale and Microscale Approaches to Bioengineering and Immunoengineering”. Guest Lecture at UIUC Tissue Microenvironment Training Program, November 2023.

2. “Biologically-Derived Nanomaterials”. Invited oral presentation at 2023 Keystone Symposia on Next-Generation Nanomedicine, September 2023.

3. "A Microfluidic Fibrosis-On-a-Chip Model to Study Biomaterial-Immune and Cancer-Immune Interactions". Oral presentation at the 2021 Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting, online, Oct. 2021. 

4. “Biodegradable biliverdin nanoparticles as theranostic probes”. Oral presentation as part of Virtual Seminars in Biomedical Science, Nov. 12, 2020. 

5. “Theranostic biliverdin nanoparticles for multimodal imaging and cancer therapy”. Live and recorded oral presentation at American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, online, August 2020. 

6. “In-Situ Surface-Directed Assembly of 2D Metal Nanoplatelets for Drug-Free Treatment of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria”. Recorded oral presentation at American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, online, August 2020.

7. “A Lymphatic Vessel on a Chip with Cyclic Fluidic Flow”. Oral presentation at the 2020 Trainee Symposium for Organoids & Organs-on-chips, online, August 11, 2020. 

8. "Enzymatically and photolytically inter-switchable carbon dots with near-infrared fluorescence emission". Accepted for oral presentation at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020. Presented in an online format on March 23, 2020.

9. “Personalized Biodegradable Gastrointestinal Stents for Intestinal Fistulae and Perforations”. Oral presentation at the 2019 Biomedical Engineering Society meeting, Philadelphia PA, USA, Oct. 19, 2019.  

10. “Biodegradable Self-Assembled Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging”. Oral presentation at the 2019 Biomedical Engineering Society meeting, Philadelphia PA, USA, Oct. 18, 2019.  

11. “Lymph Node on a Chip”. Oral presentation at Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division Bio meeting, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, USA, Sept. 6, 2019. 

12. “A Pumpless Fluidic Device for Long-Term Culture of Primary Human Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Under High Shear”. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Baltimore MD, USA, May 28, 2019.

13. “Biodegradable Biliverdin Nanoparticles”. Lightning talk format oral presentation at the Bioengineering Graduate Student Seminar, Urbana IL, USA, Oct. 10, 2018.

14.  “3D-Printed Gastrointestinal Stents”. Lightning talk format oral presentation at Research Live!, Urbana IL, USA, Oct. 10 & 23, 2018.

15. “Nano-precipitation of Biliverdin Leads to Spectral Tuning of Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Efficient Photoacoustic Imaging”. Oral presentation at the Beckman Graduate Student Seminar, Urbana IL, USA, Sept. 5, 2018

16. “Biodegradable, Fluorescent, and Photoacoustic Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Biological Imaging”. Oral presentation at the 2018 Tau Beta Pi Research Symposium, Urbana IL, USA, April 17, 2018

17. “Solvent-Dependent Self-Assembly of Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Biological Imaging”. Oral presentation at the 2018 Spring Materials Research Society conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, April 6, 2018

18. “Personalized Absorbable Gastrointestinal Stents for Intestinal Fistulae and Perforations”. Oral presentation at the 2018 Spring Materials Research Society Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, April 4, 2018

19. “Solvent-Dependent Self-Assembly of Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Biological Imaging”. Oral presentation at the 2018 AIChe Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago IL, USA, March 13-14, 2018

20. “Personalized Absorbable Gastrointestinal Stents for Intestinal Fistulae and Perforations”. Oral presentation at the 2018 AIChe Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago IL, USA, March 13-14, 2018

21.  “Temperature-dependent Synthesis of Multicolored Carbon Dots with Inherent Surface-Abundant Functionalities”. Oral presentation at the 2018 AIChe Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago IL, USA, March 13-14, 2018

22. “Personalized Absorbable Gastrointestinal Stents for Intestinal Fistulae and Perforations”. Oral and poster presentation at the 2017 UIUC MRL Fall Biological Conference, Urbana IL, USA, Nov 8, 2017

23. “Characterization of Polycaprolactone-Polydioxanone Composites for Use in 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Stents”. Oral presentation at the 2017 UIUC BMES Graduate Student Symposium, Urbana IL, USA, April 29, 2017

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American Chemical Society Spring 2020 Meeting (Cancelled Due to COVID-19)​​

1. "Surface-directed self-assembly of metal-chelated nanoplatelets". Accepted for oral presentation at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020

2. "UV-trained and metal-enhanced fluorescence of tetrapyrroles and tetrapyrrole-based nanoparticles". Accepted for oral presentation at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020

3. "Self-assembled drug-loaded biliverdin nanoparticles for combinatorial cancer therapy and photoacoustic imaging". Accepted for oral presentation at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020

4. "3D-printed biodegradable stents for treatment of gastrointestinal tract obstructions and perforations". Accepted for oral presentation at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020

1. “Identifying immune biomarkers associated with human trauma as potential therapeutic targets”. Poster presentation at 2023 American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting, May 2023.

2. “A Microfluidic Fibrosis-On-a-Chip Model to Study Biomaterial-Immune Interactions”. Poster presentation at the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Immunoengineering, July 2022

3. "A Microfluidic Fibrosis-On-a-Chip Model to Study Biomaterial-Immune Interactions". Poster presentation at the 2022 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, April 2022.

4. “A Microfluidic Lymphatic Vessel on a Chip with Cyclic Fluidic Flow”. Recorded poster presentation for the Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium, Nov. 11, 2020. 

5. “A Pumpless Microfluidic Device for Long-Term Culture of Primary Human Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Under High Shear”. Poster presentation at the 2019 Biomedical Engineering Society meeting, Philadelphia PA, USA, Oct. 18, 2019. 

6. “Entirely Biometabolizable Biliverdin Nanoparticles as Photoacoustic and Fluorescent Imaging Probes”. Poster presented at the International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Baltimore MD, USA, May 30, 2019.

7. “Bulk-state and Single-particle Imaging Elucidate the Effects of Precursor Composition and Reaction Temperature on Carbon Dot Photophysics”. Poster presented at the International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Baltimore MD, USA, May 30, 2019.

8. “Personalized Absorbable Gastrointestinal Stents for Intestinal Fistulae and Perforations”. Poster presented at the International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Baltimore MD, USA, May 30, 2019.

9. “Biodegradable Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Fluorescent and Photoacoustic Imaging”. Poster presentation at the Coordinated Science Laboratory student conference, Urbana IL, USA, Feb 7, 2019.

10. “Biodegradable Biliverdin Nanoparticles for Fluorescent and Photoacoustic Imaging”. Poster presentation at the 2018 American Vacuum Society Mid-atlantic DC regional meeting, Gaithersburg MD, USA, May 24, 2018.

11. “Temperature-dependent Synthesis of Multicolored Carbon Dots with Inherent Surface-Abundant Functionalities”. Poster presentation at the 2018 Materials Research Society Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA, April 5, 2018

12. “Characterization of Polycaprolactone-Polydioxanone Composites for Use in 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Stents”. Poster presented at the 2016 Midwest BMES Conference, Urbana IL, USA, Nov 4, 2016