2026 New Faculty Research Forum

About this event

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