5A: PANEL: 51 Years of Buddy Ratner 1

Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: Centennial III/IV

Description

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM | Welcome

8:05 AM – 8:26 AM | Nicholas Peppas, University of Texas at Austin

8:26 AM – 8:47 AM | Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado

8:47 AM – 9:08 AM | Omid Veiseh, Rice University

9:08 AM – 9:29 AM | Stuart Cooper, The Ohio State University

9:29 AM – 9:50 AM | Fred Schoen, Harvard-MIT

9:50 AM – 10:00 AM | Buddy Ratner, University of Washington

Moderators:

Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Gabriel Lopez
Distinguished Professor | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of New Mexico

  • 8:05 AM. 219. Biomaterials Surfaces, Adhesion, Ocular Therapy and Molecular Recognition: Recognizing the Leader of our Field. Nicholas Peppas, Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering # 6, The University of Texas at Austin

  • 8:26 AM. 220. Talk by Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • 8:47 AM. 221. Talk by Omid Veiseh, Rice University

  • 9:08 AM. 222. Talk by Stuart Cooper, The Ohio State University

  • 9:29 AM. 223. Talk by Fred Schoen, Harvard-MIT

  • 9:50 AM. 224. Talk by Buddy Ratner, Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington