Qin Receives Young Investigator Award from American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
University of Texas at Dallas professor Dr. Zhenpeng Qin has been selected to receive the Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery (ASLMS) Inc.
The award, which recognizes and encourages the development of future technology innovators and leaders, will be presented April 13 at the 2024 ASLMS Annual Conference in Baltimore. ASLMS is dedicated to the development and application of lasers and related technology for health care applications.
Qin, associate professor of mechanical engineering and Fellow, Eugene McDermott Distinguished Professor in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, develops nanotechnology-based approaches to understand the brain better, to deliver and release medicine in the brain and to diagnose infectious diseases.
Most recently, Qin and researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center developed a technique to deliver medication through the blood-brain barrier that has shown promise in preclinical studies for treating glioblastoma, the most common human brain cancer.
Qin has received numerous honors for his research, including the 2022 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
“It is a great honor to receive the Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development Young Investigator Award,” Qin said. “Dr. Furumoto was a pioneer in laser technologies that have saved and improved countless lives, and his work is an inspiration.”
A version of this article appeared in News Center.