Invited Speakers

list of invited speakers:

Invited Speakers for the 2023 edition

INVITED	AFFILIATION	TITTLE
Prof. Aydogan Ozcan Director	Bio&Nano-Photonics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, USA	Next Generation of medical diagnostic devices based on random diffusers at the speed of light
Dr. Angelos Karlas Group Leader	Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, German	Listening to Light: Advances in Optoacoustic Imaging
Prof. Mariana G. Figueiro Director	Light and Research Center, (LHRC), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA	LightLight’s effects on human health, well-being, and behaviour
Prof. Michael Schmitt Group Leader	Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany	Raman-based Spectroscopic techniques for biomedical diagnosis and life sciences
Prof. Pablo Artal Director	Laboratorio de Óptica, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain	Light-based technologies to evaluate vision
Prof. Susana Marcos D.R.W Director	Center for Visual Science, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY, USA	Light based techniques for human vision correction
Prof. Laura Lechuga Head	Nanobiosensors and Bioanalitical Applications Group, ICN2, CSIC, CIBER-BBN and BIST, Barcelona, Spain	BioPhotonic Sensors after the COVID-19 pandemic
Prof. Paola Taroni Head	Research group on Photonics for Health, Food and Cultural Heritage, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy	Diffuse optics Systems for effective Management of Breast Cancer
Prof. Kishan Dholakia Director	Centre of Light for life and School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, 5005, Australia; University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK	Optical Tweezers: trapping and manipulation for biomedical applications
Prof. Turgut Durduran Head	Medical Optics Group, Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas, ICFO, Barcelona, Spain	Shining light on the brain to understand how it works
Prof. Valentina Emiliani Director	Photonics Department, Head of Wavefront-engineering microscopy group, CNRS, Sorbonne University, INSERM, Vision Institute, Paris, France	All-optical control of neuronal circuits by wave front shaping and optogenetics
Dr. Alexis Méndez President	MCH Engineering LLC, CA, USA	Optical Fiber Technology on Biomedical Applications
Prof. Tayyaba Hasan Méndez Director	Wellman Center for Photomedicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, USA	he Yin and Yang of PDT to fight Cancer and infectious diseases
Dr. Alessandro Corsi Director	Simple Vulnology Unit at the IRCCS, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy	Photobiomodulation for effective treatment of skin lesions
Prof. Carlos Molpeceres Director	Laser Institute, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain	Laser Fabrication Technologies helping the Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Mark Rea Former Director	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA	Bridging the science of circadian rhythms to real-world applications