November 12, 2026

The New Faculty Research Forum features 15 new faculty speakers bringing innovative research to our campus.

Registration is now open.

This year's forum will feature a keynote by Helen Hobbs, M.D., an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics. The new faculty speakers include:

• Anupam Mondal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
• Binbin Ying, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Cecile Verbaarschot, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
• Chengyi Tu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
• Keunwoo Ryu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
• Leo Buckley, Pharm.D, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
• Mason Sweat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
• Nils Burger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
• Shixuan Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the O'Donnell Brain Institute
• Tao Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and a member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Tran N. H. Nguyen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Vladimir Seplyarskiy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics and a member of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
• Xinyun “Sherry” Cao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology
• Megan Routzong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• George Mountoufaris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology

Event Information:

November 12, 2026

10 a.m-4 p.m.

T. Boone Pickens Conference Center, NG3.112