2026 BME Distinguished Seminar Series: Mike McShane, Ph.D.

Join us on Monday, June 29 for a special seminar featuring Mike McShane, Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. McShane will present Insertable Biosensors: Enabling Next-Generation Metabolite Monitoring with Responsive Biomaterials, sharing insights from his cutting‑edge research in biosensor implants and translational engineering. 

About Dr. McShane
Dr. McShane is the James J. Cain Professor II in Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he serves as Department Head and is also affiliated with Materials Science & Engineering and the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems. Professor McShane's primary research interests are in biomedical instrumentation and optics, biosensor technology, and biomaterials with emphasis on micro/nanofabrication for responsive materials. In this work, he has pioneered the use of micro/nanoparticles, capsules, and hydrogel-particle composites for development of optical biosensing systems and has assisted in commercialization of related products. Professor McShane is a Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, BMES, and AIMBE. He has served in numerous elected and appointed leadership positions in IEEE, including as President of the IEEE Sensors Council, for which he has served as a chair of IEEE SENSORS Conferences and is a founding/inaugural chair for IEEE BioSensors conference in 2023, 2024, and 2025.