MARCH 10-11, 2025 | FIP ANNUAL MEETING
REGISTER for 2025 FIP SYMPOSIUM (REGISTRATION closes 3/6)
Note: Registration closes on March 6th to finalize our count for food, beverage, and nametags.
If there is a talk you really would like to see you are welcome to drop in to the auditorium to view.
Submit Poster Abstract (CLOSES 2/27)
The 2025 FIP Annual Symposium is scheduled for March 10-11, 2025. The lectures will be held in person with a reception and poster session on the first evening. The program will include lectures from distinguished speakers, contributed papers and posters by investigators from Duke University and other academic and industrial institutions.

Special Themes
Quantum Dots & Nanomaterials
Envisioning The Invisible
OCT: Past, Present, and Future
Symposium Keynote Speaker

Moungi Bawendi, PhD
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2023)
Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Bawendi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023) for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
Invited Speakers

Michael Choma, PhD
Associate Professor Adjunct
Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Yale School of Medicine

Jillian Dempsey, PhD
Bowman & Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor
Deputy Director, Center for Hybrid Approaches in
Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Allon Greenbaum, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
North Carolina State University

Guosong Hong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Materials Science
and Engineering
Stanford University

Xiaoshan (Sean) Zhu, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Nevada
Duke Speakers

Miaofang Chi, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Al-Hafeez Z Dhalla, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Sina Farsiu, PhD
Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

John W. Hickey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Sönke Johnsen, PhD
Ida Stephens Owens Distinguished Professor
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Anthony Kuo, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Ryan McNabb, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Maiken Mikkelsen, PhD
James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Crystal Noel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Cynthia A. Toth, PhD
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Adam Wax, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA

Junjie Yao, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina USA