Speakers

Utkan Demirci

Place of Birth : Turkey
Born : 1977
Position : Tenured Professor in the School of Medicine at Stanford University
Field of study : Biomedical Engineering, Microfluidics for clinical use, Liquid biopsy tools, Bioprinting, Biofabrication

Utkan Demirci is a professor with tenure at Stanford University School of Medicine and serves as the interim division chief and director of the Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection in the Department of Radiology. Prior to this appointment, he was an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He also served as a faculty at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology division. His group focuses on developing innovative microfluidic biomedical technology platforms with broad applications to multiple diseases. Some of his inventions have already been translated into Food and Drug Administration-approved products serving patients. He has mentored and trained many successful scientists, entrepreneurs and academicians.