Michigan prof to lead Jan. 20 nanohybrid seminar

Xudong "Sherman" Fan
Xudong "Sherman" Fan

Xudo "Sherman" Fan, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will discuss "Optofluidic Lasers: Principles and Applications," in a 2 p.m., Jan. 20 Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials seminar in Scott Engineering Center, room 237.

Fan earned bachelor's and master's degrees in science from Peking University. He received his doctorate in physics and optics from the University of Oregon in 2000.

From 2000 to 2004, Fan worked as a project leader for the 3M Company, developing fiber optics and photonic sensing devices for biomedical applications. He joined the University of Missouri in 2004 as an assistant professor in biomedical engineering. He joined the University of Michigan in 2010.

Fan’s research includes photonic bio/chemical sensors, micro/nano-fluidics, and nano-photonics for disease diagnostics and bio/chemical molecule analysis.

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/e0b