Millimeter-Wave
Interactions with Cells and
some Potential Applications
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Siegel has held appointments as Faculty Associate in
Electrical Engineering and Senior Scientist in Biology at
the California Institute of Technology, and Senior
Research Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
At JPL, he founded and led for 25 years, the Submillimeter
Wave Advanced Technology (SWAT) team, a group of 20+
scientists and engineers developing THz technology for
NASA’s near and long term space missions. This included
delivering key components for four major satellite
missions and leading more than 75 smaller R&D programs
for NASA and the US department of defense. At Caltech,
Dr. Siegel has been involved in new biological and medical
applications of THz, especially low power effects on
neurons and most recently, millimeter-wave monitoring
of blood chemistry. Among many other functions, he
serves as founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions
on Terahertz Science and Technology and the General
Secretary of the International Society of Infrared,
Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, the world’s largest
society devoted exclusively to THz science and
technology. Dr. Siegel has published more than 300
articles on THz components and technology and has given
more than 200 invited talks on this subject throughout his
career of 40 years in THz.
ABOUT THE TALK:
In this presentation the speaker will review some of the
techniques and results from a series of experiments that
directly measure the impact of millimeter-waves on cell
function. He will also introduce work on continuous noninvasive monitoring of blood glucose using millimeterwave transceivers – an extremely prescient application
considering that over 400 million individuals world-wide
suffer from type 2 diabetes.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Researchers, clinicians and students of
medicine and science.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Recognize the potential impact of low power
millimeter wave radiation on neuronal systems.
2. Explore potential applications of millimeter-waves
for medical purposes.
3. Be made aware of the applications of millimeterwaves in monitoring metabolic and biochemical
processes in vivo.
4. Understand how millimeter-waves may be useful for
non-invasive monitoring of diabetics.
Presented by:
Peter H. Siegel, PhD
Visiting Faculty, Department of
Electrical Engineering, Caltech
CEO, THz Global
When:
Tuesday, NOVEMBER 3rd, 2015
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Where:
Research Conference Center
734 Fairmount Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
accreditation requirements and policies of the Institute for Medical
Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) through the joint
providership of Huntington Hospital and Huntington Medical Research
Institutes. The Huntington Hospital is accredited by the IMQ/CMA to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.”
Huntington Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 hour of
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.