Plenary Speakers

The following distinguished speakers have been invited to deliver plenary talks at the 6^th World Congress on Electroporation.

Damijan Miklavčič

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Professor Damijan Miklavčič is Head of the Laboratory of Biocybernetics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. A world-leading authority on electroporation, his research over the past three decades has advanced the understanding of electroporation at the membrane, cell, and tissue levels, with applications in gene transfer, drug delivery, and tissue ablation. He has authored over 360 scientific publications and is the founding president of the International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments (ISEBTT).

Suraj Kapa

Mayo Clinic, USA

Dr. Suraj Kapa is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Heart Rhythm Services at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His research focuses on translational innovation in cardiac electrophysiology, particularly the development of novel ablation technologies including pulsed field ablation (PFA) for treatment of atrial fibrillation. He holds intellectual property in electroporation designs for cardiac ablation and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

Abraham Lee

UC Irvine, USA

Abraham Lee is the William J. Link Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine, specializing in microfluidic precision medicine and lab-on-a-chip technologies. His research focuses on cell sorting, single-cell analysis, point-of-care diagnostics, and microfluidic devices for drug delivery and tissue engineering. A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, he holds 55 U.S. patents and was awarded the 2009 Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize.

Fan Yuan

Duke University, USA

Fan Yuan is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Professor in Ophthalmology. His research focuses on principles and mechanisms of drug, gene, and vaccine delivery, with particular expertise in electroporation and electrokinetic technologies for therapeutic agent transport across cellular and tissue barriers. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and authored a widely used textbook on transport analysis in biological systems.

Roger Olsson

Lund University, Sweden

Roger Olsson is a Professor of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at Lund University and Director of Medicinal Chemistry at ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. His research focuses on developing small molecule chemical tools and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, with particular emphasis on estrogen receptor and androgen receptor ligands. His innovative work extends to bioelectronics applications using conductive polymers for cancer treatment.

Sudhir Sastry

Ohio State University, USA

Dr. Sudhir K. Sastry is a Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Ohio State University. A leading expert in alternative food processing technologies, his research spans ohmic heating, moderate electric field processing, high-pressure processing, and pulsed electric fields (PEF) for microbial inactivation while preserving food quality. He received the 2015 International Food Engineering Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to these technologies.

Nikolaos Dervisis

Purdue University, USA

Dr. Nikolaos (Nick) Dervisis is an Associate Professor of Comparative Oncology in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. His research focuses on innovative cancer treatments including electrochemotherapy, irreversible electroporation, and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), with extensive experience translating experimental treatments from the laboratory to clinical veterinary practice. Previously at Virginia Tech for 12 years, he is recognized as a leading expert in tumor ablation devices.